FURNESS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LTD., HAVERTON HILL
| Name | VALE OF MOWBRAY |
| Type | Cargo |
| Yard Number | 67 |
| Launched | 01/05/1924 |
| Completed | 11/1924 |
| Off. Number | 147769 |
| Engine builder | Ross & Duncan, Govan, Glasgow |
| Engine type | T 3-cyl |
| GRT | 1547 |
| Length (feet) | 245.4 |
| Beam (feet) | 38.65 |
| First owner | Vale Shipping Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough |
| History | (27/05/1924 severely damaged when striking breakwater at Ostend, Belgium) |
| (1933-12/1935 laid up River Tees) | |
| 1935 LYSAKER IV, Ludvig Lorentzen, Oslo | |
| (1940 British control) | |
| 1953 renamed CHICAGO, same owners | |
| 1954 GENNARO IEVOLI, Gennaro Ievoli fu Domenico, Naples | |
| (1957 lengthened - 1570gt, length 253.4') | |
| 1958 VILLANOVA, Lorenzo di Medici, Naples | |
| Fate | 26/02/1966 breaking began at La Spezia. |
For further details as LYSAKER IV see: http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/lysakerIV.html
VALE OF MOWBRAYas LYSAKER IV
Additional photo source: http://picture.stockton.gov.uk/photos/t551.aspx
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