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Name: BLUESTONE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 08/09/1923
Completed: 10/1923
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1215
Dimensions: 1367grt, 773nrt, 235.1 x 36.1 x 15.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (15, 25 & 40 x 27ins), 120nhp
Engines by: Central Marine Engine Works, West Hartlepool
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 147543
History:
10/1923 Crete Shipping Co Ltd (Stelp & Leighton Ltd), London
1928 Bugsier reed u Bergungs AG, Bremerhaven; renamed KRUSAU
1947 Belgian Government - Regie de la Marine, Antwerp
1948 Ancienne Maison Henri Deweert & fils SA, Ostend; renamed HENRI DEWEERT
21/12/1954 Missing
Comments: 11/06/1927: Capsized & sank 5 miles from Verkomatala Ligh Vessel near Bjorko
On a voyage from Bjorkjo to Sutton Bridge
25/07/1927: Lifted, beached and then refloated. Subsequently sold & repaired
21/12/1954: Reported in distress in 54.18N - 04.29E, 100 miles NNE of Texel
On a voyage from Gothenburg to Velsen with a cargo of timber and pulp
Reported missing and presumed sank


Above photo as HENRI DEWEERT courtesy of Photoship