| Name: | SILVERLARCH |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 15/07/1924 |
| Completed: | 08/1924 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1233 |
| Dimensions: | 5122grt, 3084nrt, 400.3 x 55.3 x 26.3ft; |
| (1935: 5432grt, 3022nrt, 402.3 x 55.3 x 25.9ft) | |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, Neptune type, 6cyl (22.5 x 45ins), 526nhp; |
| (1935: Oil engine, 2SCDA, 4cyl (27.5 x 47.25), 1052mn) | |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd; |
| (1935: Richardsons, Westgarth Co Ltd, Hartlepool) | |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots; (1935: 13.0knots) |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 147710 |
| 13/08/1924 | Mount Steamship Co Ltd (Stanley & John Thompson Ltd), London |
| 1925 | Silver Line Ltd (Stanley & John Thompson Ltd, managers), London |
| 1947 | Angfartygs Ab Bore (CM Trapp), Turku; renamed BORE VIII |
| 13/03/1958 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1935: Stern re-built resulting in the hull being lengthened by 2.0ft |
| 1935: Re-engined by Richardsons, Westgarth Co Ltd | |
| 13/03/1958: Arrived for breaking up at Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht |
Above photo as SILVERLARCH is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as BORE VIII is courtesy of Richard Cox
Shields Daily News, Wednesday, 16/07/1924
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, Saturday, 25/04/1936