SS Guecho
ex Genecho, Guecho, Canadian Trapper
Guecho
Steel single screw steamer built in 1920 by Davie Shipbuilding & Repair Co Ltd, Levis, Quebec, Canada (Yard No 459) as a General Cargo ship for Canadian Trapper Ltd (Canadian Government Merchant Marine Ltd)
 Technical Data
- Length:Â 331.3 ft/ m (overall) m (between perpendiculars)
- Breadth:Â 46.8 ft/ m
- Depth: 25.6 ft/Â m
- Draught:Â 25.6 ft/ m
- Tonnage: 3600 – 3276 gross/2183 – 1865 net/5054t deadweight/2914 – 2880 (under deck)
- Engines: T 3-cylinder Goldie & McCulloch reciprocating triple expansion steam engine
- Power: kW/2500 bHP
- Speed:Â 9.0 knots
- Call Sign: TPNW (1922), MBLK (1930), EAGW (1944-45)
- ID/IMO Number:Â
- Register Number: (LR 1930 -31) 72366
- Official Number: 141585 (LR 1922)
- Port of Registry: Montreal/Canada 🇨🇦, Bilbao/Spain 🇪🇸
- Sister-Ship: Canadian Hunter (460)
History
June 25th 1920: Delivered as CANADIAN TRAPPER to Canadian Trapper Ltd (Canadian Government Merchant Marine Ltd).
1928: Management transferred from Canadian Government Merchant Marine Ltd to Canadian National Steamship Co.Â
1929: GUECHO for Compania Naviera Amaya.
Guecho
1936: GENECHO for Compania Naviera Amaya.
September 30th 1937: Sunk by Spanish Nationalist air attack, re-floated.
1940: GUECHO for Compania Naviera Amaya.
1946: GUECHO for Compania Naviera Espanola.
March 21st 1952: Off Eastbourne, Sussex struck on the starboard side, by British steamer BENWYVIS. Assisted by tugs four miles south-east of Dover Harbour ……….
🆕 Guecho © Lambert Weston
……… Brought to the port and temporarily repaired to continue her journey to Antwerp.
Guecho © Fotoflite Ref: BW5855 (Dover, 1952)
Guecho © Fotoflite Ref: BW19027 (01/06/1956)
Guecho © Fotoflite Ref: BWX1252 (01/06/1959)
1966: Scrapped in Vigo.
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