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