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Name: SODIUM
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 15/05/1923
Completed: 06/1923
Builder: Charles Rennoldson & Co
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 209
Dimensions: 608grt, 287nrt, 180.2 x 28.2 x 10.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (15, 25 & 40 x 27ins), 87nhp
Engines by: MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 147225
History:
21/06/1923 United Alkali Co Ltd, Liverpool
1932 ICI (General Chemicals) Ltd, Liverpool
1935 ICI (Alkali) Ltd, Liverpool
1945 Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd, Liverpool
09/09/1959 Broken up
Comments: 09/09/1959: Arrived at Barrow-in-Furness for breaking up by TW Ward Ltd


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