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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