Ravenspoint
Hi Just to show she existed:
140597 RAVENSPOINT 1918
Some artist must have travelled on her as there are several references to paintings of views FROM her:
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/explore/object.cfm?ID=BHC0086
Mentioned in convoys:
http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/oskms/index.html?os046.htm~osmain
Info on her:
http://www.reach.net/~sc001198/ShipsPQR1a.htm
RAVENSPOINT - 1919
Code letters: JVMH Official Number: 140597
Master: Captain W.H. Lawton, appointed to the vessel in 1918
Rigging: steel single screw Schooner; 1 steel deck & steel Shelter Deck; cargo battens not fitted
in shelter 'tween decks; 1 collision bulkhead to Shelter Deck & 3 bulkheads to Upper Deck;
fitted with electric light & wireless; cellular double bottom 216 feet long, 399 tons;
Forward Peak Tank 63 tons; Aft Peak Tank 18 tons
Tonnage: 2,427 tons gross, 2,319 under deck and 1,506 net
Dimensions: 265.3 feet long, 41.2 foot beam and holds 26.6 feet deep
Construction: 1918, H. & W. Grayson Ltd. in Garston
Propulsion: triple expansion engine with 3 cylinders of 21, 34 & 56 inches diameter respectively;
stroke 36 inches; operating at 180 p.s.i.; 262 nominal horsepower; 2 single ended boilers;
6 corrugated furnaces; grate surface 126 sq. ft.; heating surface 4,840 sq. ft.; engine by
Richardsons, Westgarth & Co. Ltd. in Middlesbrough
Owners: Sir John Esplen, K.B.E.
Port of registry: Liverpool
Port of survey: Liverpool
Regards
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