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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| MARGARET BOWATER |
186187 |
GBR |
5221556 |
| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1955 |
14/09/1954 |
21/02/1955 |
| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Cargo General
| Steel Steam Turbine |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| William Denny & Bros, Dumbarton |
Leven Yard |
1471 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 6481 grt / 3537 nrt / 8345 dwt |
419 ft 4 in |
58 ft 10 in |
26 ft 7 in |
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| Engine builder |
William Denny & Bros, Dumbarton |
| Engine detail |
| Three, steam turbines, single reduction geared to screw shaft. 4,700 SHP. |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Bowater Steamship Company Ltd. - Furness Withy & Company Ltd., London |
London |
21/02/1955 |
| Other names |
| 1968 JOHN W HILL - 1970 GRAND STATE |
| Subsequent owner and registration history |
1963 Cayzer, Irvine & Company Ltd., appointed as managers.
1968 Jacques Pierot junior & Sons, thence to Jeronimo Corporation, New York, under Liberian registry.
1970 Hope Navigation Corp., Liberia.
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| Vessel history |
| 22/12/1969 Laid-up at Willemstad, West Indies. |
| Remarks |
| Newsprint carrier. |
| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1971 |
Broken Up 23/04/1971 |
| Disposal Detail |
| Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking. |
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