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On This Day: 13th December |
Notable events involving Clydebuilt ships 13th December:
Sunk today ss DELHI
built by Caird & Company Greenock,
Yard No 307
Last Name: DELHI
Port of Registry: London
Propulsion: Steam quad expansion
Built: 1905
Ship Type: Passenger Cargo Vessel
Tonnage: 8090 grt
Length: 470 feet
Breadth: 56 feet
Owner History:
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Status: Sunk - 13/12/1911
Remarks: Grounded off Morocco.Abandoned Mar 1912
Last updated: by Paul Strathdee from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Arrived for Scrap today 1966
 ts MALAKAND
built by William Hamilton & Co Port Glasgow,
Yard No 455
Last Name: MALAKAND
Port of Registry: Liverpool
Propulsion: Steam turbine
Launched: Tuesday, 29 September 1942
Built: 1942
Ship Type: Cargo Vessel
Tonnage: 8095 grt
Length: 495 feet
Breadth: 63 feet
Owner History:
Thos & Jno Brocklebank Liverpool
Status: Arrived for Scrapping - 13/12/1966
Remarks: Scrapped at Kaohsiung.
With thanks to George Robinson.
Previous update by Colin Campbell
Previous update by Bruce Biddulph
Photo supplied by George Robinson
Additional data Ian Buxton.
Last updated: by Paul Strathdee from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Scrapped today 1980
 mv WAIMEA
built by Alexander Stephen & Sons Glasgow,
Yard No 635 Engines by shipbuilder
Last Name: MILOS IV (1977)
Previous Names: Arnhem (1975)
Port of Registry: DunedinNewZealand
Propulsion: Sulzer oil 2SA 6cy 2410bhp 11.5 knots
Built: 1953
Ship Type: Cargo Vessel
Tonnage: 3657 grt
Length: 345 feet 2
Breadth: 50 feet 6
Draught: 22 feet 4
Owner History:
Union Steamship Company of New Zealand
Status: Scrapped - 13/12/1980 Gadani Beach
Remarks:
Previous update by Colin Campbell
Photo from Union Fleet
Previous update by Paul Hunter
Previous update by Paul Hunter
Previous update by Paul Strathdee
Last updated: by Paul Strathdee from the original records by Stuart Cameron
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