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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
FOLKESTONE |
118353 |
GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1903 |
13/10/1903 |
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Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Cargo General
| Steel Screw Steamer |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
William Denny & Bros, Dumbarton |
Leven Yard |
703 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
496 grt / 196 nrt / |
192.2 ft |
28.1 ft |
14.3 ft |
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Engine builder |
Denny & Company, Dumbarton |
Engine detail |
2 x T3cyl (13.5, 20.5, 31 x 21in), 88nhp, 2 screws |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
South Eastern & Chatham Railway Cos. Management Committee, London |
London |
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Other names |
1927 SOLWAY - 1929 BWANA - 1930 SOLWAY |
Subsequent owner and registration history |
10/1914 - 01/1920 Admiralty requisition - minesweeper 1923 Southern Railway, London 1927 Major H. Keswick, Dumfries 1929 Lyman H. Nine 1931 Sir Alexander H. Maguire, Southampton |
Vessel history |
1927 converted to a private yacht |
Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
1935 |
Broken Up |
Disposal Detail |
Broken up by Pollock Brown & Co. Ltd. at Northam, Southampton |
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Folkestone
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