Mersea Island Museum - Blackwater Ships


Ship:      TEAKWOOD
Arrived:19 December 1932
Departed:3 June 1933
Career:Broken up Briton Ferry 19 September 1955.
Dates from Oyster Company ledger. Essex Record Office document DF 106/1/10/12 T&MNOFC Record of Ships Moored on Fishery 1930-33 says "Not on Company Ground" and "Not on Fishery".

The Yorkshire Post of 21-12-32 reported TEAKWOOD sailed Coryton 19-12-32
Shields Daily News of 28 Jun 1933 reported TEAKWOOD arrived Port Arthur 27 Jun 1933 from Tollesbury
7 Jun 1933 has sailed from River Blackwater for Honduras via Falmouth [Liverpool Journal of Commerce]
6 Jun 1933 arrived Falmouth from River Blackwater [Liverpool Journal of Commerce]

Tonnage:6,014 gross
Built:1927
Type:Tanker
Owner:J.I. Jacobs & Company Ltd.
Official No:149878
ID1149878

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