Commercial and Private vessels produced by J. Samuel White's

- nowhere near a complete list, most of the info has come from the Internet -
so treat it with caution !!

Special thanks to Tony Richardson for allowing me to use the information he compiled.

Other lists :- Naval Ships - Lifeboats

In 1803 Thomas White moved, with his family, from Broadstairs in Kent to Cowes. Over the following years, Thomas and his sons ran individually and in partnership various shipyards at East and West Cowes. It was in 1860 that all the yards were combined under the name 'J.Samuel White'. So, strictly speaking, vessels built before 1860 were produced by shipyards operated by members of the White family, not by 'J.Samuel White'.

See this other page for the White family shipbuilders of Vectis Works Cowes and White Brother, Itchen Ferry (no connection to J. Samuel White's family).

NOTE: Remember the contents of this website are covered copyright AND MUST NOT BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT PERMISSION!

A * in the last column indicates an entry in the 1934 Lloyds Register for Yachts (LRY) - $ = 1962 LRY, # = 1976 LRY - LRS = Lloyds Register of Shipping.

The name in the first column is the latest name identified, previous names, where known, are listed in the 'history' column.

Updated 5 February 2021

name type date customer/ history link
Falcon Brig 1815 Hon C A Pelham (later Lord Yarborough)  
Falcon Paddle Steamer 1817    
Vigilant Revenue Cutter 1824    
Therese Racing Cutter 1825 Lord Belfast  
Duke of Buccleuch Paddle Steamer 1830    
Waterwitch Brigantine Yacht 1832 Lord Belfast  
Vectis Brig 1833    
Vulcan Revenue Cutter 1835    
Medina (Hull only) Paddle steamer 1841 Royal West India Mail Steam Packet  
Kestrel Brigantine Yacht 1845 Lord Yarborough  
Victoria Schooner yacht 1846 Czar of Russia  
Reformation Ketch 1847    
Camilla Schooner (137 tons) 1850    
Vectis Steamer 1853 P&O  
Patrica Barque rigged West Indiaman 1853    
Solent Liner 1853 Royal Mail Steam Packet  
Tartar Packet steamer 1853 P&O  
Besiktas Paddle ferry 1853/4 Sirketi-Hayriye (The Bosphorous Steam Navigation Co.)  
Beylerbeyi Paddle ferry 1853/4 Sirketi-Hayriye (The Bosphorous Steam Navigation Co.)  
Goksu Paddle ferry 1853/4 Sirketi-Hayriye (The Bosphorous Steam Navigation Co.)  
Rumeli Paddle ferry 1853/4 Sirketi-Hayriye (The Bosphorous Steam Navigation Co.)  
Tarabya Paddle ferry 1853/4 Sirketi-Hayriye (The Bosphorous Steam Navigation Co.)  
Tophane Paddle ferry 1853/4 Sirketi-Hayriye (The Bosphorous Steam Navigation Co.)  
Brilliant Brig rigged yacht 1853    
Royal Blue Jacket Clipper Schooner 1854 Ivens and Chessel of Bristol  
Heroes of Alma Full Rigged ship 1855 Sheperds  
Bdayrell Opium clipper 1855 Dent & Co  
Beykoz Paddle ferry 1858 Sirketi-Hayriye (The Bosphorous Steam Navigation Co.)  
Sariyer Paddle ferry 1858 Sirketi-Hayriye (The Bosphorous Steam Navigation Co.)  
Istinye Paddle ferry 1858 Sirketi-Hayriye (The Bosphorous Steam Navigation Co.)  
Mirgun Paddle ferry 1858 Sirketi-Hayriye (The Bosphorous Steam Navigation Co.)  
Anadolu Paddle ferry 1858 Sirketi-Hayriye (The Bosphorous Steam Navigation Co.)  
Kabatas Paddle ferry 1860 Sirketi-Hayriye (The Bosphorous Steam Navigation Co.)  
Galata Paddle ferry 1860 Sirketi-Hayriye (The Bosphorous Steam Navigation Co.)  
Buyukdere Paddle ferry 1860 Sirketi-Hayriye (The Bosphorous Steam Navigation Co.)  
Beyazid Paddle ferry 1860 Sirketi-Hayriye (The Bosphorous Steam Navigation Co.)  
Wonder Clipper Brig 1860 [Built by Messrs. White, of Cowes - length: 101 feet; beam: 22 feet; depth in hold: 12feet; carries 280 tons dead weight. Contract August 1864 for one year to carry coal from Hartlepool, Sunderland and Newcastle-on-Tyne to Cowes. - Shipping and Mercantile Gazette, 23 January 1865]  
Keang Soo Paddle Sloop 1863 Chinese Government
Renamed Kasuga became private yacht of the Japanese Shogun then Imperial Japanese Navy.
Scrapped 1898 		link
Ladybird Schooner (260ton) 1865    
Dolly Varden Wooden Cutter (17ton, 36.8ft) 1872   * #
Royal Wooden 9 metre, steamyacht, acajou and with copper sheething 1872 Used on the Congo by King Leopold II of Belgian.  
Aphrodite Schooner (225ton) 1875    
Latona Yawl yacht 1875 A.B Rowley  
Aguila de Oro Composite Single Screw (221ton, 134ft) 1877

LRS 1937 Santa Cruz Teneriffe. ex Santa Brigida-35, ex Aguila de Oro, ex Golden Eagle, ex Yacht

Wrecked 1963

 wreck link
Wych Wooden Auxiliary Yawl - 14ton, 36.5ft 1880 design by Ad. Sir A. deHorsey - altertered from cutter 19 *
Sunrise Auxiliary Steam Yacht (345ton) 1880 purchased by E. Jesser Coope from Lord Ashburton 1887 - 1889 used as tender for hospital ships in South African War extra
Ena Wooden Single Screw Schooner (33ton, 33ft) 1882 part rebuilt 1915 altertered from lug and len 8ft, canoestern - ex Gael, ex Vixen *
Grey Gull Woodn Aux Ketch (24tons, 43 ft) 1884 ex Medina - recon.by Primmer & Snook, Bursledon, 32 *
Wildfire Steel steam yacht (34 tons) 1885 16 knots  
Smoke Drift Wooden Schooner - 14ton, 42ft 1886 ex May Fly - converted from Steam Pinnace *
Rambler Wooden Auxililary Centre Board Cutter - 11tons, 30.3ft 1886   *
Kestrel Auxiliary Gaff Cutter 6ton, 27ft 1891   $ #
Paria Composite Paddle Steamer (120 ton, 110ft) 1892 LRS 1909/1931 - Crown agents for the Colonies  
Jere Composite Paddle Steamer, 120 ton, 110ft. 1892 LRS 1909 - Crown agents for the Colonies  
Myrtle Wooden Single Screw Launch (22ton, 56.4ft) 1892   *
Snowflake Auxilary Cutter 7ton, 27.9ft 1893   $
Xarifa Steam Yacht (556 tons) 1894 F M Singer (Singer Sewing Machines)
Acquired by US Navy in WW1 		 
Osbourne Steam pinnace (31 ft) 1896 For three Royal Yachts  
Sir Henry Harness Iron Twin Screw Dredger (100ton, 85ft) 1896 LRS 1933, 1938/9 - lost 1938 - see wreaksite for more details  
Scud Steam yacht (30 tons, 85ft) 1896 29 knots  
Foam Steam vessel 1898 Shepard Bros. Newport  
Spray Steam vessel 1898 Shepard Bros. Newport  
Valkyrie of Vaila Steam Launch 6ton, 30ft 1898 LRY1962 ex Anna converted from schooner 1945, LRY1976 ex Valkyrie - converted from Single Screw 1978 $ #
Hector Porter Twin Screw Tug (108ton, 84.6ft) 1901 LRS 1933 Armstrong, LRS 1953 ex Armstrong %
Top Mast No. 1 Tug 106ton, 85.2ft 1902 ex HMS Nettle %
Valiant Steamboat Steamer 1902 For service on the Niger river  
Palomine Wooden Schooner - 24ton, 57ft. 1905   * $ #
Norok Single Screw 20ton, 50.6ft 1910 Converted Admiralty craft link $
Constance Wooden Auxliliary Yawl - (48 ton, 66ft) 1911 Designer Harley Mead (ex Armorel IV) *
Angela II Wooden, Single Screw Cutter - (17 ton 45 ft) 1912 Converted from Admiralty picket boat 1924 *
Uzo Zurija Steel Twin Screw Schooner - 80ton, 91.6ft 1913 ex Wonder *
Iva Wooden Single Screw Ketch (20tons, 34.2ft) 1914 Converted from Admiralty Pinnace by Bevis, Pts. 1924 - ex Erin *
Chiff Chaff Wooden, single screw motor boat (5ton, 26ft) 1914 Converted from Admiralty Pinnace *
Bromesko Single screw, 21ton, 50ft 1918 converted 1947 from admiralty harbour launch $
Storm Cargo ship (743ton, 180.6ft) 1921 originally for Lythgoe Prince - LRS1935/8 ex Steamer, ex River Wear %
Rimini Single Screw 21ton, 50ft 1920 Converted Admiralty pinnace $ #
Merlin Wooden Auxiliary Centre Board Sloop (3ton, 20ft) 1920 Designed by H. H. Lidstone - ex Buzz *
Longbird 492ton, 170ft 1920 LRS 1943/44 ex Newton Bay, ex Kilmuckridge - rebuilt by JSW 1920, orginally built 1919 Smith's, Middlesbrough  
Argonne Collier (2115ton, 280ft) 1921 Compania Delmas of France - LRS 1930/38  
Folda Cargo Ship (1165ton, 221ft) 1921 originally Atlas, A/S Atla (Jacobson & Co) Norway, also ex Aintree - LRS 1934. %
Auvergne Collier (2115ton, 280ft) 1921 Compania Delmas of France - LRS 1937/8  
Ballyhalbert Collier (743ton, 180.6ft) 1921 originally for Lythgoe Prince/LRS1945 John Kelly Ltd, ex-Bilton - LRS1952 ex Coleraine %
Evanger Cargo Ship 1921 Repaired  
River Tees Collier 1921 Lythgoe Prince  
Marie Boys (270tons, 120.6ft) 1921 LRS 1933 - Road Maintenance & Stone Supply Co. LRS1952 ex Stoneboat  
Dromara Cargo ship (723ton 181ft) 1921 LRS 1940/1. ex (1930-1934) Raylight - foundered 1941 - Read more at wrecksite website  
Svane Cargo Ship 1921 Repaired  
Junak Cargo Ship (1571ton, 240ft) 1921

LRS 1930 ex Farnham, ex Marsal - seized by the Italians and renamed BRAVO SS. On May 30th, 1942, she was torpedoed and sunk by British submarine HMS Proteus in the Gulf of Sidra.
Read more at wrecksite website

  
Pando Coastal Tanker (309tons, 125ft) 1921 LRS1930 The British Tanker Co. (part of Anglo-Persian Oil Company, the forerunner of BP) - 1968 broken up at Grays pic %
Perso Coastal Tanker (309tons, 125ft) 1921 LRS 1933 - The British Tanker Co. (part of Anglo-Persian Oil Company, the forerunner of BP) - 1968 broken up at Troon pic %
Poilo Coastal Tanker (309tons, 125ft) 1921

The British Tanker Co. (part of Anglo-Persian Oil Company, the forerunner of BP)

LRS 1938 "For service on the River Thames - limiting port seawards - Sheerness."

1968 broken up at Troon

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Gordon 2 Ferry 1922 Woolwich Ferry.
Disposed of 1963 		link %
Wilpo Cargo Steamer (1599ton, 256.3ft) 1922 LRS 1935 ex Hitherwood, LRS 1952 ex Leka %
British Lustre Tanker (41ton 68ft) 1922 LRS 1930 BP Ltd - LHS1938 "For service on Southampton Water, the Solent & Spithead carrying Petroleum in bulk"  
British Spark Tanker (41ton 68ft) 1922 LRS 1930 BP Ltd  
British Torch Tanker (41ton 68ft) 1922 LRS 1930 BP Ltd  
Judge Hart Cargo Ship (1729ton, 252.2ft) 1922 LRS 1934 - Eastern Steamship for operation on Great Lakes.
Sank in bad weather 1942 Lake Superior 		 
Norman P Clement Cargo Ship 1922 Eastern Steamship. For operation on Great Lakes.
16th Oct 1968 - heavily damaged by explosion and fire during repair from a stranding. She was a constructive total loss and was towed out and scuttled off Christian Island in 350' of water, Oct 23, 1968. See wrecksite for more details		  
Surreybrook Cargo ship 638 ton, 198.3ft 1922 LRS 1945-46 ex Glen Gairn, ex Allerton, ex Ackum. Foundered 1958 as SS Alkis - see wreaksite for more details.  
Squires Paddle Ferry (609ton, 166.4ft) 1922 LRS 1931 - Woolwich Ferry. Disposed of 1963 link %
Fiducia Single screw, centre board, Ketch -17ton, 41ft 1922 ex RNLB $
Meroe Ketch (59ton, 78 ft) 1923

LRY1962, Velila, LRY1979 ex Corsaire, ex Lily II, ex Velila, ex Berenice
Used as a houseboat on the river Dart before being rescued in 2001, renamed Berenice.

 link * $ #
Jymphany Twin Screw ketch 54ton, 60ft 1923 ex RNLI lifeboat William & Kate Johnston $ #
Venture Wooden Auxiliary Ketch - 27ton, 55ft 1924 Design by G. L. Watson & Co. * $
G.W.R. Grain Elevator No.1 Grain Elevator Pontoon, 216ton, 79.8ft 1924

LRS 1932/8 - Great Western Railways

LRS 1953 - Severn Port Warehousing

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Lord Combermore Tug (131ton, 80ft) 1924

LRS 1931 - Crown Agents for the Colonies.

LRS 1939 - Government of Barbados.

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Gramarie Single screw 28ton, 45.7ft 1924 converted RNLI lifeboat, converted 1957 by Herd & Mackenzie $ #
Hamptonian Single Screw, centre board ketch 27ton, 47ft 1924 ex RNLI lifeboat 'T.B.B.H.' $ #
Fauvette Cargo Ship - 890ton 210ft 1925 LRS1931 - Foundered after collision 1934 - See wrecksite for more details  
Crested Eagle Paddle steamer (300 ft) 1925 General Steam Navigation for London to Ramsgate service - she had a 'retractable' funnel for going under the Thames bridges.
Bombed and sunk 1940 shortly after leaving Dunkirk 		link
Purbeck Ferry No 1 Chain Ferry 100ton, 60ft 1925 Sandbanks to Shell Bay (Poole Harbour) chain ferry.
In service until 1958 		link %
Cowes Floating Bridge No 2 Chain Ferry 1925 East Cowes-West Cowes Chain ferry  
Atanua Single screw, centre board, Ketch - 32ton, 47.3ft 1925 ex RNLB Mary Scott $
Freshwater Paddle Steamer (264ton, 152.5ft) 1927 First used Lymington/Yarmouth route - Southern Railways - LRS1930
Later Sussex Queen then Swanage Queen.
Scrapped early 1960s. 		link %
Radiant Steel Auxiliary Schooner Ketch
(380tons, 142ft)		 1927 Originally built for F M Singer (Singer Sewing Machines) as Xarifa II
 *
Kingfisher Canel Inspection Launch 1928 2021 in private ownership link
Seabelle 2 Twin Screw Schooner (844 tons, 233ft) 1928 Crown Agents for operation in Colonies * %
Marelyn Galvd. Steel Twin Screw Schooner (122tons, 97ft) 1929 Designed by Norman Hart - ex Heluis, ex Braemar *
No.387 Hopper Barge (545tons, 170ft) 1930 LRS 1939 - Goverment of Nigeria %
No.388 Hopper Barge (545tons, 170ft) 1930 LRS 1939 - Goverment of Nigeria %
No.389 Hopper Barge (545tons, 170ft) 1930 LRS 1939 - Goverment of Nigeria %
John Benn Paddle Ferry (621ton, 166.4ft) 1930 Woolwich Ferry - LRS1930
Disposed of 1963 		link %
Rab Cargo-Passenger (344tons, 144.5ft) 1930 LRS 1931 - Jadranska Plovidba, Yugoslavia - sister ship to Bakar %
Izme III Wooden Center Board Bermudian Cutter (8tons, 28.2ft) 1930 Designed by Uffa Fox *
Will Crooks Paddle Ferry (610ton, 171.5ft) 1930 Woolwich Ferry. - LRS1930
Disposed of 1963 		link %
Wylye Fox Yacht 32 ft 1930 Designed by Uffa Fox.
2005 at the boatyard Portmellon St.Austell Cornwall 		$
Xarifa Steel Twin Screw, Steam Schooner (730ton, 204.5ft) 1930

Design by J. M. Sloper & Co - built for F M Singer (Singer Sewing Machines)
LRS 1952 - renamed Catmania ex Black Bear
renamed 1962 Quibian and used as cargo vessel - foundered 1963 - see wrecksite for more details

 * %
Nore (LV 86) Light Vessel 1931 Withdrawn 1974. 2007 residential ship in the Port Werburgh Marina in Hoo link
Bakar Cargo-Passenger (334ton, 144.5ft) 1931 Jadranska Plovidba, Yugoslavia - sister ship to Rab %
Breamer Twin Screw, Motor Yacht (174ton, 123ft) 1931   * $ #
Navette Single Screw Ketch 11ton, 35.5ft 1931 ex Follie - conversio of RNLI Watson Lifeboat $ #
Thekla Single Screw, 11ton, 35.5ft 1931 Converted RNLB Cyril and Lilian Bishop $
Southern Cross Twin-screw motor-ship 1932 Melanesian Mission for the Solomon Islands video
Donaghadee Twin Screw, 27ton, 46ft 1932 Converted RNLB $
M.G.M. Twin Screw, 12.35ton, 38.5ft 1932 Converted, 1954, from RNLB $
Wyvern Single Screw ketch, 14ton, 35.5ft 1933 Converted RNLI Lifeboat, Fifi & Charles #
Keply Tug 1934 On Admiralty service 1940-46 then to JP Knight (Rochester). Scrapped 1973  
Trade Winds Single Screw ketch, 20ton, 39.5ft 1934 ex Happy Landings $
Noneta Motor Yacht - 65 ft steel 1935 Now Dunkirk little ship link $ #
Massey Shaw London Fire Tender - 78 ft 1935 London Fire Brigade.
Retired 1971. Preserved on the Thames 		link
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Mistress Auxilary Cutter, 11ton, 38.5ft 1935   $ #
Zephyr Single Screw, 34ton, 53.3ft 1935   $
Thamesa Yacht 15ton, 49.5ft 1936 Now Dunkirk little ship. ex Minnehaha link $ #
Katra Tug 1936 On Admiralty service 1941-43 then to JP Knight (Rochester)  
Floating Bridge No.3 Chain Ferry 1937 East Cowes-West Cowes Chain ferry  
Cormorante Twin Screw 11ton, 36ft 1937   $ #
Dekheila Twin Screw 17.5ton, 45ft 1937   $
Froya of Rhu Auxiliary Cutter 21ton, 44.5ft 1937   $ #
Phryna Auxiliary Cutter 21ton, 48ft 1937   $
Lady Craven Hydroplane 1938 Used as a Torpedo Recovery Vessel and fast Pursuit Craft when test firings by the Whitehead Company.  
James Braidwood Fire Tender 1939 Operated on the Thames until 1961  
Kathleen Tug 1939 On Admiralty service until 1946 then to JP Knight (Rochester)  
Monaveen Twin Screw, 19ton, 45ft 1939   $
Roma Twin Screw 13ton, 40ft 1940 Converted RAF tender - ex Marann, ex Ann Marie $
Petanga Triple screw, 48ton, 61ft 1941 Built Wootton Creek $
Wortley Twin Screw, 13.39ton, 40ft 1941   $
Cascade Triple screw, 44ton, 57.4ft 1942 converted 1947 from admiralty harbour launch $
Medyna Twin Screw 96ton, 72.9ft 1942 ex Medina, ex MTB 253 $ #
Zouky Twin Screw, 18.3ton, 45.2ft 1942   $ #
Hyperion Fast Launch - 47.63 ft 1943 During WW2 she was used to carry Agents across the English Channel to occupied France. link
Antonia Maria Triple screw,44ton, 60ft 1943   $
Navigator Twin Screw, 66ton, 78.5ft 1943 Admiralty design $
Rascal Twin Screw 13ton, 40.1ft 1943 Converted RAF tender $
Conway Vale Twin screw, 21ton, 44.5ft 1944 ex Morning Dew, ex FMB 4375 $
Lady Pat Triple screw, 21.94ton, 45.4ft 1944 Converted Admiralty Craft $
Rosmar Twin Screw, 20ton, 45ft 1944 LRY1979 identifies as Admiralty design $ #
Lemberg Twin Screw 48ft 1944 Converted Admiralty craft #
Morning Breeze Twin Screw 21ton, 45ft 1945 ex FMB 4373 $ #
XXX Motor Barge 1948 Mew Langton  
Electra II Twin Screw 73ton, 69.6ft 1948 ex Medina Maid $
Rio Santiago Refrigerated Cargo Vessel 1949 Argentine Government - ex Antartico %
Rio Quequen Refrigerated Cargo Vessel 1949 Argentine Government - ex Artico %
Eket Ferry Boat
394 tons		 1949 Elder Demptster - Calabar ferry service, 1972 sold to Government of Nigeria.  
Sidi Mabrouk Cargo Vessel 1949 Societe Generale Transports Maritimes a Vepeur, France %
Gay Mariner Triple screw, 120ton, 77ft 1949 No. 2013 - design by Frederick R. Parker $
Douglas Richie Grain Elevator Pontoon, 316ton, 82.3ft  1950 Port of London Authority %
John Anderson Grain Elevator Pontoon, 316ton, 82.3ft  1950 Port of London Authority %
Sidi Okba Cargo Vessel 1950 Societe Generale Transports Maritimes a Vepeur, France %
Kadoura Reefer 3650ton, 328ft 1951 Compagnie des Chargeurs Reunis. Sold to Greece 1969 renamed Asterix %
Navida Triple Screw 49ton, 60ft 1951   #
Matthew Flinders Pilot Vessel 1952 Brisbane, Australia  
Pathfinder Survey Vessel 1952 Crown Agents  
Candle Lightship 1952 India  
Flame Lightship 1952 Calcutta Port Trust, India  
Torch Lightship 285ton, 127.5ft 1952 India %
Calbourne 2 Motor Barge 1953 Island Transport Co. %
Burja Motor Launch 105ft 1954 2010 - Croacia  
Matthew Flinders Single Screw Motor Pilot Vessel - 200ft, 1002ton 1954 Originally Queensland Government, later a tourist vessel - 1989 ran aground and wrecked Fiji - see more wrecksite  
Kestrel Tug 1955 Built for JP Knight of Rochester transferred to Caledonian Towage at Invergordon in the 1970s and based here until scrapping in Kent in 1983. link
Susan Constant Cargo Vessel - 330ft, 3100 ton gross - 4 cargo holds 1957/8 Constants Ltd. Cardiff  
Caroline Steel, Twin Screw 187ton, 106.4ft 1956   #
Mermaid Lighthouse Tender 1959 Trinity House.
Laid up 1987 		 
Caesarea Cross Channel Ferry 1960 British Rail Weymouth-Channel Islands Service with Sarnia w
Withdrawn 1975 		link
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HD1 Hovercraft 1960 Hovercraft Developments  
Sarnia Cross Channel Ferry 1960 British Rail Weymouth-Channel Islands Service with Caesarea
Withdrawn 1977 		link
Siren Lighthouse Tender 1960 Trinity House. Laid up 1987  
Stella Lighthouse Tender 1961 Trinity House. Laid up 1989  
Shalfleet Motor Barge 1962 Island Transport Company  
Caroline Steel Twin Screw 56ton, 63.5ft 1962 No. 2013 - design by Frederick R. Parker $ #
Bencol Motor Coaster 1964 London & Rochester Shipping Co.  
Horation Motor Coaster 1964 London & Rochester Shipping Co.

1983 broken up at Rainham after grounding at Mistley.

  
Winston Churchill Lighthouse Tender 1964 Trinity House. Laid up 1989  
Horation Motor Coaster 1964 London & Rochester Shipping Co. - 1983 broken up at Rainham after grounding at Mistley.  
Crescence Motor Coaster 1965 London & Rochester Shipping Co.  
South Shore Supply Workboat 1965    
White Star Twin Screw, Reinforced Plastic 62ton, 64.5ft 1969   #

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