Name: | PORT CHALMERS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 18/07/1905 |
Completed: | 08/1905 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 403 |
Dimensions: | 4077grt, 2608nrt, 380.6 x 49.0 x 25.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45 & 74 x 48ins), 434nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend; (No - C1617) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 120598 |
History: | |
02/09/1905 | Anglo-Australasian Steam Navigation Co Ltd (W Milburn & Co), London |
20/06/1912 | Thomas Law & Co, Glasgow; renamed DUNS LAW |
1914 | Imperial German Navy; renamed SENTA |
26/01/1915 | North of England Protecting & Indemnity Association |
29/04/1919 | Dalgliesh Steam Shipping Co Ltd (RS Dalgliesh), Newcastle; renamed RAVENSWORTH |
05/1929 | Broken up |
Comments: | 04/08/1914: Seized by the Government of Germany at Nordenham |
1914: Converted into an auxiliary minelayer | |
12/1918: Recovered from the Government of Germany | |
04/1919: Purchase price £95,000 | |
03/1929: British Marine Salvage Corporation, Newcastle | |
03/05/1929: Arrived at Inverkeithing for breaking up by Metal Industries Ltd | |
04/1929: Reportedly resold to Naison Grosos fils, France | |
Probably broken up at Le Havre |
Above photo as PORT CHALMERS copyright of Allan C Green
Jarrow Express, Friday, 21/07/1905