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Name: OSWESTRY GRANGE
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 03/10/1951
Completed: 04/1952
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 708
Dimensions: 13390dwt, 9406grt, 5516nrt, 475.0 x 61.7 x 29.8ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SA, Doxford type, 4cyl (670 x 2320mm), 3780bhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 184610
History:
18/04/1952 Houlder Line Ltd (Houlder Bros & Co Ltd), London
1971 Glyfada Seafaring Corporation, Piraeus: renamed DINOS METHENITIS
1978 Seafreight Holding Corporation SA, Panama; renamed DINOS
01/01/1979 Broken up
Comments: 01/01/1979: Arrived at Gadani Beach for breaking up
1979: Broken up by Haydari Ship Breaking Industries Ltd


Above photo as OSWESTRY GRANGE is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield

Above photo as OSWESTRY GRANGE is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield

Above photo as OSWESTRY GRANGE is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield

Above photo as DINOS METHENITIS is copyright of Trevor Jones