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Name: TREWIDDEN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 26/02/1960
Completed: 06/1960
Builder: John Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 604
Dimensions: 8797grt, 4800nrt, 488.0 x 63.3 x 39.1ft
Engines: Oil engine, Doxford type, 2SCSA, 4cyl (700 x 2320mm), 4800bhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 13.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 301146
History:
06/1960 Hain Steamship Co Ltd, London
01/10/1965 Hain-Nourse Ltd, London
01/10/1971 Managers became P&O General Cargo Division
11/05/1972 Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co, London
18/06/1975 Epiktetos Shipping Co Ltd, Limassol; renamed SARINA I
1979 Broken up
Comments: 06/06/1978: Disabled with engine damage off Somalia 08.31N – 50.43E
On a voyage from Aqaba to Tanzania with bulk phosphate
26/06/1978: Arrived at Tanga under tow & then sold for breaking up
11/12/1979: Arrived at Kaohsiung, for breaking up
1980: Broken up by Nan Long Steel & Iron Co


Above photo as TREWIDDEN is copyright of M Downes

Above photo as TREWIDDEN is copyright Malcolm Cranfield

Above photo as TREWIDDEN is copyright Malcolm Cranfield

Above photo as TREWIDDEN is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as SARINA I is copyright of Michael Green