HUMBERGATE
Built | 1945 |
Type | Cargo Ship |
Tonnages | 1051 grt, nrt |
Length / beam / draft | 205.0 x 32.8 x 13.7 ft |
Shipbuilder (yard number) | John Lewis & Sons Ltd., Aberdeen (184) |
Engine Builder | John Lewis & Sons Ltd., Aberdeen |
Engine | T3cyl (14, 24, 40 x 27in), 117 nhp |
O.N. | 180987 |
Owners | 1945 Ministry of War Transport (O. Dorey & Sons Ltd.), Aberdeen as EMPIRE CHELSEA |
1946 Ministry of Transport (Craggs & Jenkin Ltd.) | |
1947 Hull Gates Shipping Co. Ltd. (Craggs & Jenkin Ltd.), Goole; renamed HUMBERGATE | |
1955 Springfjord Shipping Co. Ltd., London; renamed SPRINGWEAR | |
1959 Lynn Shipping Co. Ltd., London; renamed LYNNWEAR | |
1962 South Star Corporation (V. Ensenat, Madrid), Panama; renamed DUMBO | |
Fate | 24/11/1968 dragged anchor and grounded at Las Palmas, refloated 19/04/1969 and sold for breaking locally |
as SPRINGWEAR
as LYNNWEAR