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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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