Name: | STEELVILLE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 16/04/1923 |
Completed: | 05/1923 |
Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 472 |
Dimensions: | 3724grt, 2300nrt, 347.0 x 49.1 x 25.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 41 & 66 x 45ins), 328nhp |
Engines by: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 145527 |
History: | |
28/05/1923 | Balls & Stansfield Ltd, Newcastle |
1937 | Beverley Steamship Co Ltd (FL Dawson & Co, managers), Newcastle |
1937 | Renamed FRANCES DAWSON |
1941 | Ministry of War Transport (FL Dawson & Co, managers), Newcastle |
1941 | Renamed EMPIRE TYNE |
1947 | Williamson & Co, Hong Kong; renamed INCHCRAG |
1952 | Kotani Kisen KK, Kobe |
3Q/1952 | Broken up |
Comments: | 08/03/1941: Caught fire at Bedford Basin, Halifax, Nova Scotia & extensively damaged |
Subsequently declared a constructive total loss | |
Transferred to the Ministry of War Transport & towed to New York for repair | |
3Q/1952: Broken up at Hong Kong |
Above photo as STEELVILLE is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as INCHCRAG is courtesy of Richard Cox