Name: | WEARWOOD |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 15/11/1929 |
Completed: | 01/1930 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co (1927) Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 412 |
Dimensions: | 4578grt, 2795nrt, 382.6 x 52.0 x 26.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 39 & 66 x 45ins), 432nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 160727 |
History: | |
02/01/1930 | Joseph Constantine Steamship Line Ltd, Middlesbrough |
1946 | Basra Steam Shipping Co Ltd, London; renamed HARROW |
1950 | Stallbergs Grufve A/B Ownery, Stockholm; renamed IDKERBERG |
1957 | JE Manne & Co, Gothenburg; renamed CARITA |
1962 | Sigalas & Platis Bros, Beirut; renamed MARGARITI |
17/10/1967 | Sank |
Comments: | 17/10/1967: Wrecked at Terschelling |
On a voyage from Szczecin to Alexandria with a cargo of phosphate |
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox