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BLISWORTH (1902)

Service dates: 1948-1950

Official number: 113519

Shipping lines: GRAND UNION (SHIPPING)

Ship type:


General Cargo Ship.


Career

12.03.1902
Launched.
04.1902
Completed as Kathleen for J Milligen & Co Ltd, Belfast.
12.1939
Sold to Grand Union (Shipping) Ltd, London, and renamed Blisworth.
10.09.1948
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company acquired an interest in Grand Union (Shipping) Ltd.
1950
Sold to the Holderness Steamship Co Ltd, Hull, and renamed Holdernidd.
13.01.1956
Delivered to C W Dorkin & Co for breaking up at Gateshead.


Ship technical details (PDF)