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Name: FARRANDOC
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 08/05/1929
Completed: 05/1929
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1356
Dimensions: 1925grt, 1143nrt, 252.9 x 43.4 x 17.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (15, 25 & 40 x 33ins), 92nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 161526
History:
05/1929 Paterson Steamships Ltd, Newcastle / Fort William, Ontario
1942 US War Shipping Administration - Alcoa SS Co Inc, Panama
1945 Ministry of War Transport - RS Dalgliesh Ltd, London
1947 US Maritime Commission, Panama
1947 Colonial Steamships Ltd (R Scott Misener), Toronto; renamed CLAYTON
1959 Scott Misener Steamships Ltd, Toronto
1960 Broken up
Comments: 1960: Broken up at Port Colborne, Ontario by Marine Salvage Ltd


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