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KILWORTH (1911)

Service dates: 1948-1950

Official number: 128813

Shipping lines: GRAND UNION (SHIPPING)

Ship type:


General Cargo Ship.


Career

25.07.1911
Launched.
30.08.1911
Completed as Eskwood for the Meteor Steamship Co Ltd (R A Constantine and T H Donking, managers).
1918
Sold to E Johnson & Co Ltd, Goole.
1926
Sold to S & R Steamships Ltd (Stone & Rolfe Ltd, managers), Llanelli.
1937
Acquired by the Mersey Ports Stevedoring Co Ltd, Liverpool.
1944
Sold to Grand Union (Shipping) Ltd, London.
1946
Renamed Kilworth without a change in ownership.
10.09.1948
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company acquired an interest in Grand Union (Shipping) Ltd.
1950
Sold to Fenchurch Shipping Co Ltd (George A Tom & Co Ltd, managers).
1951
Renamed Fenchurch. Sold to Holderness Steamship Co Ltd, Hull, and renamed Holdernoll.
20.01.1956
Arrived at Gateshead to be broken up by J J King & Co Ltd.


Ship technical details (PDF)