Name: | RIPPINGHAM GRANGE |
Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 06/03/1943 |
Completed: | 09/1943 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 653 |
Dimensions: | 10365grt, 6239nrt, 447.5 x 65.5 x 27.5ft |
Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 4SCSA, Werkspoor type, 8cyl (650 x 1400mm), 1004nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 14.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 169564 |
History: | |
09/08/1943 | Houlder Line Ltd (Houlder Bros & Co Ltd, managers), London |
1961 | Far East Marine Enterprises Ltd, London; renamed ABBEY WOOD |
23/04/1962 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1955 to 1960: Chartered to Shaw Savill & Albion Co Ltd |
23/04/1962: Broken up at Hakodate by Hakodate Dock Co |
Above photo as RIPPINGHAM GRANGE is copyright of Hawthorn Leslie & Co
Above photo as RIPPINGHAM GRANGE is copyright of Skyfotos
Above photo as RIPPINGHAM GRANGE is courtesy of Chris Howell
Above: On charter to Shaw Saville's Royal Mail Lines. Photo is courtesy of Chris Howell