| Name: | HUDSON LIGHT |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 05/04/1965 |
| Completed: | 07/1965 |
| Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 616 |
| Dimensions: | 8442dwt, 5628grt, 2842nrt, 353.0 x 53.5 x 34.0ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, 4cyl (670 x 2100mm) |
| Engines by: | William Doxford & Sons (Engineers) Ltd, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 13.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 307885 |
| History: | |
| 07/1965 | John Hudson Fuel & Shipping Ltd, London |
| 1976 | Central Electricity Generating Board (Hudson Steamship Co Ltd. Managers) |
| 1976 | Renamed CASTLE POINT |
| 1978 | Managers became Christian Salvesen (Shipping) Ltd |
| 1987 | Venelton United Corp, Panama; renamed SONIA I |
| 1990 | Sonia Maritime Ltd, Valetta (Professional Partners SA, managers; renamed SHANE |
| 1996 | Interline Gemicilik ve Dis Ticaret Ltd, Sirketi, Turkey; renamed KAAN |
| 03/03/1999 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 08/03/1969: Collided with CHANTALA in fog off the Thames Estuary |
| Damage to both vessels repaired | |
| 30/12/1998: Damaged by fire off Syracuse | |
| 03/03/1999: Broken up by Gemi Yan Sanayi at Aliaga, Turkey |
Above: HUDSON LIGHT under construction. Photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo as HUDSON LIGHT is courtesy of John Bage. Click HERE for more launch photos. Use Browser BACK button to return
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Above photo as HUDSON LIGHT is copyright of Michael Green
Above photo as HUDSON LIGHT is copyright of Michael Green
Above photo as CASTLE POINT is copyright of Chris Howell
Above photo as CASTLE POINT is copyright of Ken Lubi
Above photo as SONIA I is copyright of Michael Green
Above photo as SHANE is copyright of George Robinson
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