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Name Official number Flag IMO
HIGHLAND PRIDE  129086  GBR   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1910  28/12/1909  4/1910 
Vessel type Vessel description
Passenger / Cargo Refrigerated  Steel Screw Steamer  
Builder Yard Yard no
Russell & Co, Port Glasgow Kingston Yard  602 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
7328 grt / 4548 nrt / 405.0 ft  56.2 ft  34.8 ft   
Engine builder Rankin & Blackmore, Greenock
Engine detail
T3cyl (30.5, 51, 86 x 54in), 830nhp 1-screw  

First owner First port of register Registration date
Nelson Line (London) Ltd. - H. & W. Nelson Ltd., London  London   
Other names
 
Subsequent owner and registration history
1910 Nelson Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., London 
Vessel history
 
Remarks
c1912 7469grt 4709nrt 
End year Fate / Status
1929  Wrecked 08/09/1929 
Disposal Detail
Wrecked near Vigo in Spain (London for Buenos Aires with 63 passengers, livestock and general cargo).
Grounded in heavy rain on Roca Negra, Cies Islands after leaving Vigo. All passengers and 89 crew saved. Livestock and mails taken off on 09/09. On 10/09 afterpart broke away and sank; forepart later scrapped in situ. 
 

 

Highland Pride
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