Name: | SEAFORD |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 03/05/1911 |
Completed: | 05/1911 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 171 |
Dimensions: | 673grt, 349nrt, 164.5 x 30.0 x 12.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (15.5, 25 & 41 x 30ins), 113nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 129200 |
History: | |
17/05/1911 | Stephenson Clarke & Co, London |
1928 | Stephenson Clarke & Associated Companies Ltd, London |
1935 | AF Henry & MacGregor Ltd, Leith; renamed TOLSTA HEAD |
1946 | HP Lenaghan, Belfast; renamed BANTRY BAY |
1947 | Th Larson, Tuborg Havn; renamed MARY STON |
1950 | Fellow Steamship Co Inc, Monrovia (Chas Gee & Co, London) |
04/06/1953 | Broken up |
Comments: | TIC records the launching as 29/04/1911 |
1949: Lengthened to 194.5ft, then 789grt | |
04/06/1953: Arrived at Antwerp for delivery to breakers | |
09/1953: Broken up at Boom by Omar Bulens |
Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Above photo is courtesy of Peter Doel