IRVINE'S SHIPBUILDING & DRY DOCKS COMPANY LTD., WEST HARTLEPOOL

Name GROVEHURST (launched as THORNLEY)
Type Cargo ship
Yard Number 129
Launched  
Completed 05/1903
Off. Number  
Engine builder Richardson Westgarth & Co.
Engine type T. 3 cyl.
GRT 1319
Length (feet) 230.6
Beam (feet) 36.1
First owner Rederi A/B Grovehurst (J. P. Jönsson), Landskrona
History launched as THORNLEY
  1915 JOHANNES MAERSK, A/S D/S af 1912 (A. P. Møller), Copenhagen
  1922 VIKING, Förnyade Red. A/B Commercial (Emil Johnsson), Höganäs
  1935 Red. A/B Mercurius (H. Selander), Stockholm
   
Fate 14/11/1953 arrived at Ystad for breaking

Photo from collection of C. A. Hill

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