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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| ESSONITE |
146265 |
GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1921 |
29/09/1921 |
11/1921 |
| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Coaster General Cargo
| Steel Screw Steamer |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Glasgow |
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1460 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 642 grt / 266 nrt / 740 dwt |
175.1 ft |
28.1 ft |
11.2 ft |
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| Engine builder |
Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Glasgow |
| Engine detail |
| T3cyl (15, 25.5, 41 x 30in), 120nhp, 1- Screw |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| William Robertson, Glasgow |
Glasgow |
16/11/1921 |
| Other names |
| 02/02/1940 MEG MERRILIES |
| Subsequent owner and registration history |
| 29/12/1939 Gilchrist's Traders (Steamships) Ltd. - R. Gilchrist & Co., Liverpool |
| Vessel history |
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| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1941 |
Air Attack 27/03/1941 |
| Disposal Detail |
Bombed and damaged by enemy aircraft one mile south of St. Govan's Light Vessel whilst on a voyage from Newport to Liverpool with tinplate and general cargo. Although taken in tow she sank three and a half miles north northwest of St. Govan's Lightvessel. Her crew of 14 was rescued.
10/04/1941 Register closed.
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