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HORLEY
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HORLEY

Shipbuilder (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)
Date1926
Object NameCARGO VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 200 3/6' a breadth 30 5/6' x depth 14 9/12'
Gross Tonnage: 929 ton
Object numberABDSHIP000044
About MeYard: John Lewis & Sons.
Yard Number: 95
Official number: 148745
Subsequent Name: OLIVINE (1937).

Fate: Posted "Missing", 5 June 1941.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Single steel deck, well deck. Electric light fitted, cargo battons not fitted.

Owners:
1926: E. T. Lindley, London
1930: William Robertson, Glasgow

General History:
24/03/1926: Builder's certificate issued.
31/03/1926: Trial run, vessel completed..
In November 1930 HORLEY was sold by E T Lindley to Wm Robertson, Glasgow, together with BALCOMBE, BURSTOW and OUTWOOD for a total of around £48,000.
Left the Clyde 27 March 1941 for Sharpness with cargo of grain. Carried crew of 12 plus 2 gunners. Joint Arbitration Committee consider vessel lost by war causes between 27 March and 29 March. Missing Ship Committee consider vessel lost 29 March 1941.

Notes: Engine number 162, boilers. 141 and 142.
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