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BETEIGEUZE (WELSH TRADER) - 1938

PostPosted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 8:12 pm
by northeast
1938, 4929grt
J.L.Thompson, Sunderland (584) as WELSH TRADER for Trader Navigation
1951 BETEIGEUZE, 'Orion' Schiffs. Reith & Co.
1961 PEPPINO PALOMBA, Umberto d'Amato, Torre del Greco
Broken up at La Spezia 5/1970
BETEIGEUSE1938.jpg

Re: BETEIGEUZE (WELSH TRADER) - 1938

PostPosted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 10:09 pm
by fitter
North Eastern Marine triple expansion engine.
Build cost £101,445. Designed for River Plate. not a success so it was replaced with another design, Thompsons yard no 590 Scottish Trader.