JOYCE LLEWELLYN
Shipbuildervessel built by
John Lewis & Sons
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)
Date3 April 1924
Object NameCARGO VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 234 7/12' x breadth 35 5/12' x depth 18 7/12'
Gross Tonnage: 1446 ton
Gross Tonnage: 1446 ton
Object numberABDSHIP000042
Keywords
Yard Number: 93
Official Number: 1148273
Subsequent Names: SEABANK (1937); SIG (1937).
Fate: sunk by a mine in the North Sea, 3 November 1939.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Cargo vessel with well deck, poop deck 16 ft, quarterdeck 67 ft, bridge deck 58 ft, forecastle 23 ft.
Owners:
1924: Llewellyn Shipping Co., W. B. Thomas & Co., Cardiff.
1925: Federated Coal and Shipping Company, Cardiff
1936: A. J. Pope, Seabank Hotel, Porthcawl.
1937: A/S A. Kjerland, Bergen.
General History:
29/05/1924: Completed.
10/06/1924: Builder's certificate issued.
In December 1925, sold by Llewellyn Shipping Company to Federated Coal and Shipping Company, Cardiff with MADGE LLEWELLYN, MARIE LLEWELLYN and MAUD LLEWELLYN for £80,000 in total.
In December 1936, the vessel was sold by the Cardigan Shipping Co, Cardiff to A. J. Pope, Seabank Hotel, Porthcawl.
In 1937, the vessel, now named SEABANK was sold by the Veronica Steamship Co. to A/S A Kjerland, Bergen.
03/11/1939: the 1,341 ton Norwegian steamer, SIG on a voyage from Kragerø for Grimsby. Cargo woodpulp, sank after an explosion, in the same area were the JUNO was lost with all hands, as a result of enemy action, a few days before. Some of her crew were picked up after three hours in the water, but eight were severely injured and three more were missing, presumed drowned. On the same day the Danish motor vessel CANADA was mined and sunk near Spurn. position 53 43N 0 17E.
Notes:
Engine: Steam triple expansion by J. Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen, two single boilers: single screw
Power: 178 n.h.p. Speed: 11 knots, engine number 165, boilers no. 131 and 132.
