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Name: HARTFORD
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 15/02/1912
Completed: 13/03/1912
Builder: JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 275
Dimensions: 407grt, 156nrt, 144.0 x 24.4 x 10.5ft
Engines: C2cyl (17 & 36 x 24ins), 75rhp
Engines by: JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 131426
History:
13/03/1912 Northwich Carrying Co Ltd, Liverpool
1925 Wm A Wilson, Liverpool
1927 Cement Marketing Co Ltd, Liverpool
1936 FT Everard & Sons Ltd, Liverpool
1937 F Bowles & Sons, Liverpool
1950 Seaborne Aggregate Co Ltd, Southampton; renamed SEABORNE ALPHA
03/1966 Broken up
Comments: 1939: Converted to a suction dredger
03/1966: Broken up at Southampton by Metcalfe Marine Salvage Co


Above photo as HARTFORD courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo as SEABORNE ALPHA courtesy of Richard Cox

Shields Daily News, Saturday, 17/02/1912