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Name: SAKKARAH
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 03/08/1906
Completed: 09/1906
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 779
Dimensions: 4670grt, 2997nrt, 400.0 x 52.0 x 27.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 45 & 75 x 48ins), 478nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a; (1919: 143322)
History:
09/1906 Deutsche Dampfs Ges 'Kosmos', Hamburg
08/07/1919 The Shipping Controller (Bell, Symondson & Co), London
1921 Alexander Shipping Co Ltd (Capper, Alexander & Co), London
1921 Renamed CHARLBURY
1936 B & S Shipping Co Ltd, Cardiff
02/1936 Broken up
Comments: 1936: Purchased by B & S Shipping for resale under the Scrap & Build scheme
22/02/1936: Arrived at Osaka for breaking up


Above photo as CHARLBURY is courtesy of Richard Cox

Shields Daily News, Monday, 06/08/1906