Ship Details

War Avoca

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Registry #1 (UK Registry) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1919 War Avoca Name 6
Name 2 1919 Catford Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1919 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 240' x 36.3' x ?
Builder J. Coughlan & Sons Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 1565 Type 1 Freighter, (standard WW1)
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine Triple expansion 3-cylinder steam engine Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1919 she was completed as the Catford and owned by the South Metropolitan Gas Co. London UK.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1943-05-31
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On May 31, 1943 this vessel was mined, foundered and sunk in the mouth of the Humber River UK with the loss of the master and four crew members.
 
References
www.mariners-l.co.uk/WWIStandardShipsWarA;
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