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Registry #1	(UK Registry)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1918	War Ewen	Name 6
Name 2	1920	Etienne Marcel	Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1918	Place	New Westminster (Poplar Island)	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	250' x 43.5' x 25.5'
Builder	New Westminster Construction & Engineering Co.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	2344	Type 1	Freighter, (standard WW1)
Registered Tonnage		Type 2
Engine	322nhp triple expansion steam engines, two watertube boilers, 10 kts	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1918 she was owned by the Shipping Controller for the Imperial Munitions Board , managed by J.Cook & Son. In 1920 she was owned by Soc Anon de Nav 'Les Armateurs Francais', Dunkerque France.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1925-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
This vessel stuck on the slipway at the launching but was later freed by the Sampson III and the Gilley tugs Flyer and Burnaby. This vessel was broken up in 1925 at Hamburg Germany.

 

References
Newell, Gordon (Ed.) (1966); www.mariners-l.co.uk/WWIStandardShips
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