BLACKETT'S CONCRETE SHIPS LTD., THORNABY-ON-TEES

Name CRETEJOIST (ordered as PD 121)
Type Dumb barge, concrete hull
Yard Number 2
Launched 09/1920
Completed 1920
Off. Number 144679
Engine builder  
Engine type Dumb
GRT 745
Length (feet) 180
Beam (feet) 31.5
First owner The Shipping Controller, London
History 1921 Board of Trade, London
  1922 Crete Shipping Co. Ltd. (Stelp & Leighton Ltd.)
  1924 Christiania Portland Cement Co., Oslo
  1941 Bergen Kullkompagni, Bergen
   
Fate 1942 wrecked at Fevag near Trondheim on passage from Trondheim for Aalesund. Wreck still visible in 2000.

Photos of the wreck can be seen on CRETEJOIST

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