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Name: WAR CASTLE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 26/07/1918
Completed: 10/1918
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 250
Dimensions: 5685grt, 3558nrt, 399.6 x 53.0 x 32.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 45 & 75 x 54ins), 620nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 142667
History:
10/1918 Shipping Controller, British Government (R Gordon & Co, manager)
1919 Leeds Steamship Co( Reardon Smith & Sons, Bideford); renamed BRADCLYDE
1934 New Era Shipping Co (FS Dawson, manager), Newcastle; renamed ALMA DAWSON
1935 Avon Steamship Co, Bristol (M Whitwill & Son, manager); renamed AVON BRIDGE
1937 M & P Lyras, Piraeus, Greece; renamed LYRAS
1950 Lyras & Pateras, Piraeus, Greece; renamed AEOLOS
13/03/1953 Broken up
Comments: 13/03/1953: Broken up at Briton Ferry


Photo as BRADCLYDE courtesy of George Robinson

Photo as LYRAS copyright of Alex Duncan