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Name: SENTRY
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 1924
Completed: 08/1924
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 228
Dimensions: 1014grt, 478nrt, 230.5 x 35.0 x 15.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (18, 30 & 49 x 33ins), 193hp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 147403
History:
08/1924 Fisher Renwick Manchester-London Steamers Ltd, Manchester
1939 Coast Lines Ltd, London; renamed MEDWAY COAST
1949 Belfast Steamship Co Ltd, Belfast; renamed ULSTER DUCHESS
09/1955 Broken up
Comments: 09/1955: Broken up at Port Glasgow, arrived 17/09/1955


Above photo as MEDWAY COAST courtesy of Clive Ketley