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Name: SKIPSEA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 23/12/1920
Completed: 02/1922
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 258
Dimensions: 5108grt, 3238nrt, 375.0 x 51.2 x 31.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 41 & 69 x 48ins), 370nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 146436
History:
02/1922 Sea SS Co Ltd (Wm Brown, Atkinson & Co Ltd), Hull
1929 John D Chandris, Piraeus; renamed EVGENIA CHANDRIS
04/09/1931 Sank
Comments: 01/09/1931: Stranded off La Nata Island, Syros
On a voyage from Poti to Baltimore with manganese ore
04/09/1931: Sank