MEADCLIFFE HALL (1929, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
MEADCLIFFE HALL
Also known as:
PICTON; EL LLANDERO
Year of Build:
1929
Official Number:
160716
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Southbank-On-Tees, United Kingdom
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
868
Builder Name:
Smith's Dock Co Ltd
Original Owner:
Hall Corporation of Canada
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Triple expansion 15"-25"-40"; 33" stroke
# Boilers:
2 Scotch 10' 6" x 11'
Propulsion Notes:
750 hp engine built by vessel builder, 1929; boilers built by Blair & Co Ltd, 1929
Hull Dimensions
Length:
253'
Beam:
43.1'
Depth:
20.6'
Tonnage (gross):
1900
Tonnage (net):
1184
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Panama
Date:
1960
How:
Abandoned
Notes:
Broke away from towing tug enroute to Vancouver and stranded; savaged and sold Venezuelan; found to be beyond repair and abandoned to underwrites at Panama in 1960
History
Chronology:

1929 Owned Hall Corporation of Canada

1955 Owned Colonial Steamship Ltd (Misener); renamed PICTON

1959 Owned Kingcome Navigation Co; renamed EL LLANDERO

1959 Owned Venezuela interests

1960 Abandoned

Contact
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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