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Name: SQUADRON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched:
Completed: 26/04/1918
Builder: J & D Morris Ltd
Yard: Pelaw Main
Yard Number: 64
Dimensions: 362grt, 143nrt, 135.3 x 23.6 x 10.0ft
Engines: C2cyl (17 & 34 x 24ins), 48rhp
Engines by: GT Grey & Co Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 140572
History:
26/04/1918 Mason Shipping Co Ltd, Liverpool
1918 Border Shipping Co Ltd, Newcastle
1919 Renamed SOLWAY FIRTH
1920 J Milligen & Co Ltd, Belfast; renamed BRIDEEN
1926 Brideen Steamship Co, Belfast
1929 Arthur C Reynolds, Belfast
1938 Beynon Shipping Co Ltd, Cardiff
01/1939 Broken up
Comments: 01/1939: Broken up in Germany


Above image as BRIDEEN by Charles Cockerham is copyright of the National Museums Northern Ireland