LEICESTERBROOK
Shipbuildervessel built by
John Lewis & Sons
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)
Date1948
Object NameCARGO VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 200 3/6' x breadth 31 7/12' x depth 14 3/12'
gross tonnage: 982 ton
gross tonnage: 982 ton
Object numberABDSHIP000157
Keywords
Yard Number: 212
Official number: 182902
Subsequent Names: CAPITAO ABREU (1963); VOUGA (1973).
Fate: Ship reported to be broken up in Spain in the last quarter of 1973.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Cargo vessel with poop deck 51 feet, quarter deck 113 feet, bridge deck 13 feet and forecastle deck 26 feet, cruiser stern, machinery aft, cargo battens not fitted. Cellular double bottom tank capacity 233 tons, fore peak tank capacity 100 tons, after peak tank 36 tons.
Owners:
1948:Williamstown Shipping Co. Ltd, London (Manager: Comben Langstaff & Co.).
1964-66: Componave Cia., Portuguesa de Nav. Ltda, Lisbon, Portugal, registered in Panama.
1967: Companhia de Navegacao Baltir Ltda, Rua Jaime Moniz 6, Aveiro, Portugal.
1973: Cia. de Nav. Baltir Ltd, registered in Panama.
General History:
25/11/1948: Trial trip in Aberdeen Bay 25 November 1948.
02/1951: surveyed at South Shields.
11/05/1969: Surveys overdue so classification suspended.
Note: Triple expansion steam engine (Engine number 285) by John Lewis & Sons.
1 single ended boiler of 200 lb p.s.i. by Denny of Dumbarton.
New engine fitted in October 1965 by Appingedammer Brons - Vee Oil 2 Stroke Single Acting 12 Cylinder Engine of 900 H.P.
November 1948 fitted for oil fuel - flash point above 150°F.
