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Name: OLAVUS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 1920
Completed: 01/09/1920
Builder: Charles Rennoldson & Co
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 184
Dimensions: 1294grt, 759nrt, 230.0 x 36.7 x 15.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (18, 30 & 50 x 33ins), 199nhp
Engines by: Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 144057
History:
07/09/1920 Sir Erik O Ohlson (T Oliver), Hull
1924 Ohlson Steamship Co Ltd (CH Sercombe), Hull
1928 Sir Erik Ohlson, Bart (Ohlson Steamship Co), Hull
1944 PM Laferla (Galbraith, Pembroke & Co Ltd), Hull
1949 Registered at Malta
1952 Industry Speciality Co Ltd, Hong Kong
21/09/1952 Broken up
Comments: 21/09/1952: Arrived at Grays, Essex, for breaking up by TW Ward Ltd