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LAVEROCK (1909)

Service dates: 1920-1938

Official number: 129042

Shipping lines: GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY

Ship type:


General Cargo Ship.


Career

17.08.1909
Launched.
04.10.1909
Completed as Laverock for the General Steam Navigation Company Ltd.
31.10.1920
Takeover of the General Steam Navigation Company by The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company agreed.
01.07.1938
Sold to Verano Steamship Company, Gibraltar, and renamed Bellerock.
15.07.1940
Mined in Bristol Channel whilst on a voyage from Barry to Corunna with the loss of 17 lives.


Ship technical details (PDF)