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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 TREWIDDEN is courtesy of Photoship. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return

Above photo as SARINA I is copyright of Michael Green