Mersea Island Museum - Blackwater Ships


Ship:      SAGAMA RIVER
Arrived:19 November 1930
Departed:20 October 1931
Career:Laid up west of Tollesbury Pier around 1930 [Peter Bibby]. 1932 sold to Kassos S.N. Co., Greece renamed NITSA.
Oyster Company ledger indicates she was in the river before 1931.
Voyage Record Card gives arrival off Tollesbury 19 November 1930
Shields Daily News 24 Sep 1931 Houlder Line SAGAMA RIVER at Tollesbury
Hull Daily Mail of 21 Oct 1931 reported SAGAMA RIVER sailed London (River Blackwater) 20-10-31 for Hull to be dry-docked
Tonnage:4,728 gross
Built:1915
Type:Cargo ship
Owner:Houlder Bros
Official No:137422
ID1137422

SAGAMA RIVER - location not known.

Above:  SAGAMA RIVER - location not known.
Source: Mersea Museum / Peter Bibby Collection

View from Tollesbury Pier. Postcard 126372.

The prominent vessel on the left is Houlder Bros and probably SAGAMA RIVER or ORANGE RIVER. The distant vessel further left is similar. Date: c1930.

Above:  View from Tollesbury Pier. Postcard 126372. The prominent vessel on the left is Houlder Bros and probably SAGAMA RIVER or ORANGE RIVER. The distant vessel further left is similar. Date: c1930.
Source: Ron Green Collection


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