Name: | CAIRNDHU launched as WAR CAMEL |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 18/12/1918 |
Completed: | 03/1919 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 884 |
Dimensions: | 5250grt, 3218nrt, 399.3 x 52.2 x 28.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 517nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 142828 |
History: | |
27/03/1919 | Cairn Line of Steamships Ltd (Cairns, Noble & Co Ltd), Newcastle |
1935 | Livanos Brothers, Chios; renamed STRYMON |
1937 | Livanos Maritime Co Ltd (NG Livanos), Chios |
1951 | Cia Maritima Internacional SA (S Livanos), Panama; renamed LIBERTY |
17/01/1952 | Wrecked |
Comments: | A Standard B Type cargo ship for The Shipping Controller |
17/01/1952: Wrecked at Portheras Cove, 5 miles east of Pendeen | |
On a voyage from Newport to La Goulette in ballast |
Above photo as CAIRNDHU is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Above photo as LIBERTY is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as LIBERTY, six months later, is copyright of Penzance Archives
Shields Daily News, Friday, 20/12/1918