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Name: SAPPER
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 20/11/1922
Completed: 01/1923
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 220
Dimensions: 1036grt, 495nrt, 230.6 x 35.0 x 14.9ft
Engines: T3cyl (18, 30 & 49 x 33ins), 193nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 147391
History:
01/1923 Fisher, Renwick & Co, Manchester
1925 Fisher, Renwick Manchester-London Steamers Ltd, Manchester
1939 Coast Lines Ltd, Liverpool; renamed AVON COAST
1949 Belfast SS Co Ltd, Belfast; renamed ULSTER STAR
28/09/1954 Broken up
Comments: 28/09/1954: Arrived at Briton Ferry to be broken up by TW Ward


Above photo as SAPPER courtesy of Richard Cox