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Name: MOTTISFONT
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/11/1917
Completed: 07/1918
Builder: W Dobson & Co Ltd
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 197
Dimensions: 4349grt, 2686nrt, 400.5 x 52.0 x 25.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (26, 43 & 72 x 48ins), 455nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 140262
History:
07/1918 Harris & Dixon Ltd, London
1918 Canadian Pacific Railway Co, London
1923 Renamed BAWTRY
1927 Livanos Bros (NG Livanos, managers), Piraeus; renamed ARCHANGELOS
1935 Theofano Maritime Co Ltd, Piraeus
1950 Kemal Sadikoglu, Istanbul; renamed K SADIKOGLU
09/1961 Broken up
Comments: 04/1929: Aground at Coverack, Cornwall, subsequently salved.
09/1961: Broken up at Kalafatyeri


Above photo as ARCHANGELOS courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo as ARCHANGELOS courtesy of George Robinson

Above photo as ARCHANGELOS courtesy of George Robinson