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Name: SAINT DUNSTAN
Type: Cargo Ship (1912: converted to Tanker)
Launched: 18/11/1899
Completed: 01/1900
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 249
Dimensions: 4285grt, 2738nrt, 380.0 x 46.4 x 20.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (24.75, 40.75 & 68 x 48ins), 432nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 110629
History:
01/1900 British & Foreign Steamship Co Ltd (Rankin, Gilmour & Co), Liverpool
1912 Beechwood Steamship Co Ltd (JI Jacobs & Co), Liverpool;
1912 Renamed BEECHWOOD
1923 Molasses & General Transport Co Ltd (JI Jacobs & Co), Liverpool
18/02/1934 Broken up
Comments: 1912: Converted to a tanker
Sold for scrapping for £4650
18/02/1934: Broken up at Rosyth by Metal Industries Ltd
Work commenced 04/04/1934