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Name: WILLIAM CASH
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 03/09/1929
Completed: 09/1929
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 567
Dimensions: 1186grt 681nrt, 225.5 x 36.1 x 14.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (17, 28 &46 x 30ins), 137nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 161303
History:
24/09/1929 Stephenson Clarke & Associated Companies Ltd, London
1945 Stephenson Clarke Ltd, London
04/04/1958 Broken up
Comments: 07/09/1940: Sunk in the Royal Victoria Dock, London
when a bomb went through her during an air raid
She was subsequently raised and repaired
04/04/1958: Arrived at Krimpen a/d Ijssel for breaking up
Broken up by HP Heuvelman


Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return

Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley