| Name: | QUEENSGATE |
| Type: | Cargo ship |
| Launched: | 30/11/1959 |
| Completed: | 12/1959 |
| Builder: | Clelands (Successors) Ltd |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 239 |
| Dimensions: | 290dwt, 200grt, 98nrt, 117.8 x 25.3 x 8.4ft (*) |
| Engines: | Oil engine, SA, 4cyl (8.75 x 11.5ins), 264bhp |
| Engines by: | Lister Blackstone Marine Ltd, Dursley |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 300221 |
| History: | |
| 12/1959 | Hull Gates Shipping Co Ltd, Hull |
| 1965 | Light Shipping Co Ltd, Greenock; renamed POLARLIGHT |
| 1969 | Rye SS; renamed RYE TRADER |
| 1977 | TJ Palmer, Gravesend; renamed QUEENFORD |
| 1980 | Sank |
| Comments: | 11/06/1980: Sank 36 miles off Ijmuiden after a collision in fog with IRENES SUN |
| She was on passage from Amsterdam to Great Yarmouth | |
| (*) Dimensions are: Length OA, Breadth extreme, Draught summer |
Above photo as QUEENSGATE is copyright of Charlie Hill
Above photo as QUEENSGATE is courtesy of George Robinson
Above photo as RYE TRADER is copyright of Chris Howell
Above photo as QUEENFORD is copyright of Charlie Hill
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