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Southwick - (1917-1925)
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Name
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Official number
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IMO
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SOUTHWICK
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137260
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GBR
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Year built
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Date launched
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Date completed
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1917
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23/01/1917
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28/02/1917
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Vessel type
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Vessel description
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Coaster General Cargo
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Steel Screw Steamer
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Builder
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Yard
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Yard no
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Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd., Sunderland
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Southwick
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1031
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Tonnage
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Length
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Breadth
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Depth
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Draft
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443 grt / 218 nrt /
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150.0 ft
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26.1 ft
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11.7 ft
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10.8 ft
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Engine builder
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Day, Summers & Co. Ltd.
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Engine detail
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T3cyl. (11”, 17.5” & 28” x 21”), 60rhp
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First owner
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First port of register
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Registration date
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Anglo-American Oil Company Ltd. - J. Harrison, Sunderland
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Sunderland
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Other names
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1946 ROJO
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Subsequent owner and registration history
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1924 H. Harrison (Shipping) Ltd., London
1926 Harrison, Thornton & Company Ltd. - H. Harrison (Shipping) Ltd., London
1929 Albert Chester, Middlesbrough
1940 George W. Grace & Co. Ltd., Sunderland
1941 Springfal Shipping Co. Ltd., Sunderland
1946 Rolf Johannessen & Co., Oslo
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Vessel history
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Remarks
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End year
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Fate / Status
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1948
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Foundered 03/12/1948
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Disposal Detail
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Foundered after springing a leak in 56.06N - 02.55E on passage Middlesbrough for Copenhagen with steel.
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Additional Info :
Case Oil carrier, built in 1917 by Swan, Hunter &Wigham Richrdson Ltd., Sunderland, For anglo-American Oil Co.
1925 Sold to H.Harrison Shipping, Ltd., Sunderland.
19275 Sold to Harrison Thornton & Co., Sunderland.
1931 sold to A. Chester Springfield Shipping Co., Middlesborough.
1940 Sold to G.W. Grace & Co., Ltd., London.
1946 Sold to Rolf Johannesen, Oslo and renamed "Rojo".
3.12.1948 Leaking, flooded after pump failure in heavy weather. Listed and foundered in North Sea
on voyage Middlesborough - Copenhagen with cargo fo steel.