Name: | SPHEROID |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 13/08/1907 |
Completed: | 10/1907 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 403 |
Dimensions: | 3815grt, 2426nrt, 359.3 x 47.6 x 25.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26, 43 & 71 x 48ins), 410nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 125621 |
History: | |
10/1907 | Scrutton, Sons & Co, London |
1920 | Charente Steam Ship Co Ltd (T & J Harrison), Liverpool; renamed SONGSTER |
1926 | William Thomas Shipping Co Ltd (RJ Thomas & Co Ltd), Liverpool / Holyhead |
1926 | Renamed CAMBRIAN EMPRESS |
1930 | United Africa Co Ltd, Liverpool; renamed ZARIAN |
1933 | Broken up |
Comments: | 29/12/1932: Arrived on the Clyde for breaking up |
1933: Broken up by Douglas & Ramsay |
Above photo as SONGSTER is courtesy of Richard Cox
Lloyd's List, Thursday, 10/10/1907