Name: | VALLEY CAMP |
Type: | Self Unloading Bulk Carrier |
Launched: | 01/02/1927 |
Completed: | 04/1927 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1228 |
Dimensions: | 2351grt, 1327nrt, 252.2 x 43.3 x 23.6ft; (1951: 2878grt, 304.2ft) |
Engines: | T3cyl (17, 25 & 43 x 30ins), 101nhp |
Engines by: | C & G Cooper, Mount Vernon, Ohio |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
Reg Number: | 149427 |
History: | |
14/04/1927 | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
1931 | Valley Camp Coal Company of Canada Ltd, St Catherine's, Ontario |
1932 | Registered at St Catherine's, Ontario |
1965 | Reoch Transports Ltd (Westdale Shipping Ltd), St Catherine's |
1965 | Renamed VALLEYDALE |
06/1967 | Broken up |
Comments: | 01/02/1927: Launched as KINLOCH |
04/1927: Completed for builder's account; registered at Newcastle | |
1951: Lengthened to 304.2ft | |
17/11/1966: Arrived at Hamilton, Ontario for breaking up | |
06/1967: Breaking up commenced by United Steel & Metal Co Ltd |
Above photo as VALLEY CAMP is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as VALLEY CAMP is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as VALLEY CAMP is courtesy of Photoship
Newcastle Journal, Wednesday, 13/04/1927