RIVER DEE
Shipbuildervessel built by
John Lewis & Sons
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)
Date1919
Object NameCARGO VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 165' x breadth 26 11/12' x depth 13 1/6'
gross tonnage: 573 ton
gross tonnage: 573 ton
Object numberABDSHIP000019
Keywords
Yard Number: 68
Subsequent Names: OPAL (1925).
Fate: Foundered off Pendeen, Cornwall, 4 September 1931.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Coaster with raised quarterdeck.
Owners:
1919: J. W. Fisher & Company, Liverpool
Date unknown: D. R. Llewellyn, Merret and Price, Cardiff
02/1925: William Robertson, Glasgow
General History:
05/06/1919: Trial run, weather fine, sea calm. Westerly wind, speed = 11 knots.
06/06/1919: Completed.
In February 1925, this vessel was sold by D. R. Llewellyn, Merret and Price, Cardiff to Wm Robertson, Glasgow with three other vessels including RIVER USK for £50,000 in total.
Vessel had been started as WAR EXE for the Shipping Controller, London, then became RIVER DEE for D. R. Llewellyn, M. & P. Ltd, Cardiff.
04/09/1931: While on a voyage from Antwerp to Cardiff with grain OPAL encountered heavy weather off Pendeen. Her cargo shifted and the ship founded. The body of the ship's master was recovered by the Penlee lifeboat and returned to Glasgow for burial.
Notes: Engine number 145, boiler no. 101.
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