Name: | VAN DER DUYN |
Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 07/05/1914 |
Completed: | 07/1914 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 961 |
Dimensions: | 3299grt, 2005nrt, 331.1 x 45.2 x 25.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23, 38 & 63 x 39ins), 440nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 13.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
07/1914 | Wambersie & Zoon, Rotterdam |
1917 | Sibria Steamship Corporation, New York; renamed SAGUA |
1919 | Atlantic Fruit Company, New York |
1923 | Cuyamel Fruit Company, New York |
1924 | Renamed CUYAMPA; registered at Puerto Cortes |
1929 | Mayan Steamship Corporation (United Fruit Company), Puerto Cortes |
1935 | United Fruit Steamship Corporation, New York; renamed SAGUA |
1940 | Mayan Steamship Corporation (United Fruit Company), Tela |
1943 | Empresa Hondurena de Vapores (United Fruit Company), Tela |
1946 | Maritime Transport & Trading Co SA, Tela; renamed GALILEA |
1949 | Cia Anon Transp Panamericanos (Ballestrero, Tuena & Canepa), Panama |
09/1957 | Broken up |
Comments: | 09/1957: Broken up at La Spezia by Bi Ti Ci Metalli |
Above photo as VAN DER DUYN is courtesy of Reinier van de Wetering
Above photo as GALILEA is courtesy of David Asprey
Shields Daily News, Friday, 08/05/1914