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Name: PRINCETOWN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 07/05/1917
Completed: 08/1917
Builder: JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 302
Dimensions: 719grt, 272nrt, 188.5 x 28.7 x 11.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (15, 25.5 & 41 x 30ins), 85nhp
Engines by: JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 140451
History:
08/1917 Hibernia SS Co Ltd (Weatherill & Sons), Dublin
1937 J & A Gardner & Co Ltd, Glasgow; renamed SAINT CONAN
30/08/1939 Wrecked
Comments: 30/08/1939: Wrecked in Pollywilline Bay, Kintyre during fog
On a voyage from Ayr to Sligo with a cargo of coal


Above photo as SAINT CONAN courtesy of Photoship