Name: | VENDÔME |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 1920 |
Completed: | 10/1920 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 220 |
Dimensions: | 4192grt, 2534nrt, 364.1 x 52.8 x 24.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23.5, 38 & 64 x 42ins), 347nhp |
Engines by: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
10/1920 | Cie Française des Chemins de Fer de Paris-Orléans, Nantes |
1920 | Managers became Soc Maritime Auxiliaire de Transports |
1929 | Cie Delmas Frères & Vieljeux, La Rochelle |
1936 | Cie Delmas - Vieljeux, La Rochelle |
06/12/1948 | Broken up |
Comments: | This was a sub-contract from Forth Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd |
13/11/1948: Arrived at Antwerp for breaking up | |
06/12/1948: Breaking up commenced by Dohmen & Habets |
Above photo is courtesy of Marine-Marchande
Liverpool Journal of Commerce, Thursday, 28/10/1920