Name: | SEATRAIN |
Type: | Train Ferry |
Launched: | 13/09/1928 |
Completed: | 11/1928 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1349 |
Dimensions: | 7684grt, 4546nrt, 428.6 x 62.2 x 32.5ft; (1938: 7633grt, 4741nrt, 452.8ft) |
Engines: | T3cyl (28, 46 & 77 x 54ins), 577nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 13.0knots |
Reg Number: | 149485 |
History: | |
09/11/1928 | Over-Seas Steamship Co Ltd, Newcastle |
1929 | Registered at Montreal |
1931 | Seatrain Line Inc, New Orleans; renamed SEATRAIN NEW ORLEANS |
1933 | Gulf Transit Corporation, New Orleans |
1937 | Seatrain Line Inc, New Orleans |
1954 | West India Fruit & Steam Ship Co Inc, Monrovia; renamed SEA LEVEL |
1964 | Ferrotar Enterprises Inc, New York |
07/1964 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1938: Lengthened to 452.8ft, then 7633grt |
1964: Sale was for resale for breaking up | |
07/1964: Broken up by 'Ardgem' at Vado Ligure |
Newcastle Journal, Thursday, 15/11/1928