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Name Official number Flag IMO
USKSIDE  162152     
Year built Date launched Date completed
1946  21/03/1946  06/1946 
Vessel type Vessel description
Cargo General  Steel Screw Steamer  
Builder Yard Yard no
Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Troon   449 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
2961 grt / 1654 nrt / 328.0 ft  46.6 ft  20.9 ft   
Engine builder Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Troon
Engine detail
1 - Screw. T3Cyl. (20, 31 & 65 - 39)in. 200lb.  

First owner First port of register Registration date
Uskside Steam Ship Co. Ltd. - Richard W. Jones & Co., Newport  Newport   
Other names
1965 GERO MICHALOS 
Subsequent owner and registration history
1965 N. Michalos & Sons Maritime Co. Ltd., Chios 
Vessel history
Launched as EMPIRE WARNER for Ministry of War Transport.
06/1946 purchased by Richard W. Jones & Co, Newport Mon while still under construction. 
Remarks
 
End year Fate / Status
1968  Wrecked 10/05/1968 
Disposal Detail
10/05/1968 lost in cyclone. Dragged anchor at the Akyab anchorage, Burma and grounded on an old wreck causing ingress of water to engine room and one of the cargo holds. Constructive Total Loss. 
 

 

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