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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| SWANSEA VALE |
128903 |
GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1909 |
04/06/1909 |
06/1909 |
| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Cargo General
| Steel Screw Steamer |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Clyde Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Port Glasgow |
Castle Works |
284 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 1310 grt / 769 nrt / |
235.1 ft |
36.0 ft |
15.1 ft |
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| Engine builder |
Clyde Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Port Glasgow |
| Engine detail |
| T3cyl, 1-screw |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Swansea Steamers Ltd. - T.P.R.Richards, Turpin & Co., Swansea |
Swansea |
23/06/1909 |
| Other names |
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| Subsequent owner and registration history |
1912 managers Richards, Turpin (Shipping) Ltd., Swansea
12/02/1917 South Metropolitan Gas Company, Swansea / London |
| Vessel history |
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| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1918 |
Foundered 08/08/1918 |
| Disposal Detail |
08/08/1918 Foundered after striking a submerged wreck off the entrance to Brest whilst on a voyage from Bayonne to Dunkirk with a cargo of wood.
23/08/1918 Register closed.
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Swansea Vale
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