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Name: SIR DAVID
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 19/07/1927
Completed: 09/1927
Builder: J Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 485
Dimensions: 1275grt, 697nrt, 225.1 x 36.0 x 15.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (18, 30 & 49 x 33ins), 158nhp
Engines by: North Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 149900
History:
09/1927 Gas, Light & Coke Co, London
1949 Owners restyled North Thames Gas Board, London
27/12/1957 Broken up
Comments: 27/12/1957: Broken up by O Bulens at Hoboken, Antwerp


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Photo courtesy of Clive Ketley