Mersea Island Museum - Blackwater Ships


Ship:      REALF
Arrived:23 September 1935
Departed:14 February 1937
Career:Built as WAR RAJPUT. Renamed CONIA-1921, ATHELBEACH-1925, REALF-1930, ATHELMERE-1937, ALEXANDROS-1951. Broken up Split 15 March 1964.
Later laid up in the river as ATHELMERE 1946.
From Oyster Company ledger. Owner/agent United Molasses Co.
Mid Essex WSS - Lloyds List: arrived 24 Sep 1935 sailed 14 Feb 1937 for Liverpool in tow WITTE ZEE.
Shields Daily News 10 Dec 1935 United Molasses REALF is at Tollesbury
Tonnage:5,562 gross
Built:1930
Type:Tanker
Owner:United Molasses Company Ltd.
Official No:142613
ID1142613

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