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Name Official number Flag IMO
PACIFIC PIONEER  160361  GBR   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1928  16/10/1927   
Vessel type Vessel description
Cargo General  Steel Motor Vessel  
Builder Yard Yard no
Blythswood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Glasgow   16 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
6723 grt / 4126 nrt / 435.9 ft  60.2 ft  29.0 ft   
Engine builder J G Kincaid & Co. Ltd., Greenock
Engine detail
Twin M8cyl 630x1300mm 4SCSA. 3780bhp 12½kn, B&W type, 2-screw 

First owner First port of register Registration date
Gulf Line Ltd - mng Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd., London  London  15/02/1928 
Other names
 
Subsequent owner and registration history
1929 Norfolk & North American Steam Shipping Co Ltd, London - same managers 
Vessel history
1937 6734grt 4093nrt 
Remarks
 
End year Fate / Status
1942  Torpedoed 30/07/1942 
Disposal Detail
Torpedoed by U-132 in 43.30N 60.35W, on passage Cardiff for New York in ballast. 
 

 

Pacific Pioneer
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PACIFIC PIONEER Vancouver 22/3/1936
Image courtesy of :  Vancouver archive
 


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