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Name: ROEBUCK
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 24/03/1925
Completed: 04/1925
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1204
Dimensions: 769grt, 307nrt, 201.2 x 33.7 x 15.3ft
Engines: 2 x T3cyl (14.5, 23 & 38 x 27in), 226nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 2 x Screws
Reg Number: 148583
History:
04/1925 Great Western Railway Company, Weymouth
1942 Renamed ROEBUCK II
10/1945 Great Western Railway Company, Weymouth; renamed ROEBUCK
1948 British Transport Commission, Weymouth
1963 British Railways Board, Weymouth
12/1965 Broken up
Comments: 10/1940: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a barrage balloon vessel
10/1945: Returned to owners
12/1965: Broken up at Willebroek by Scrappingco


Above photo as ROEBUCK courtesy of Photoship