Ship Details

War Company

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Registry #1 (UK Registry) Registry #2 (France Register) Registry #3 (Greece Register)
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1919 War Company Name 6
Name 2 1919 Ontario (II) Name 7
Name 3 1934 Marpessa Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1919 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 410.5' x 54.1' x 23.5'
Builder J. Coughlan & Sons Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 5476 Type 1 Freighter, (standard WW1)
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine 2 DR geared steam turbine engines Engine Manufacture Hallidie & Co. ltd., Sokane WA
Repower Repowered in 1934 she was re-engined Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign OPWA
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1919 she was owned by Shipping Controller, managed by Raeburn & Verel. In 1919 she was owned by Cie Generale Transatlantique, Le Havre France. In 1934 she was owned by N. Eustathiou, Piraeus Greece.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1954-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
In 1952 this vessel was in a collision at Haydarpasa, near Istanbul Turkey. This vessel was beached and later re-floated. In 1954 this vessel was broken up at Hikari, Japan.
 
References
Newell, Gordon (Ed.) (1966); Sawyer, L.A. & W.H. Mitchell (1968); Lloyd's Register Vol. 1 1926-1927;
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