| Name: | FLORENCE COOKE |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 14/06/1923 |
| Completed: | 08/1923 |
| Builder: | Hepples (1919) Ltd |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 660 |
| Dimensions: | 294grt, 109nrt, 130.1 x 22.6 x 9.5ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (17 & 34 x 24ins), 62rhp |
| Engines by: | Shields Engineering & Dry Dock Co Ltd, North Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 146926 |
| History: | |
| 09/08/1923 | Cooke's Explosives Ltd, Penrhyn, North Wales |
| 09/08/1923 | Registered at Sunderland, (A Bainbridge, manager) |
| 27/02/1959 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1939: Requisitioned by the Admiralty for use as a ammunition ship |
| 1945: Returned to owners | |
| 27/02/1959: Sold to Dutch shipbreakers at Nieuw Lekkerland |
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox
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