Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship: WILLIAM J EVERARD (1963-1982 General cargo coaster 244 feet long of F.T. Everard Line, London)

Port of Registry: London
Net Tonnage: -
Reg Tonnage: -
Gross Tonnage: 1,589
Deadweight Tonnage: 2,450

Timothy Roberts e-mails :GRT: 1,589g / DWT: 2,450d
Dimensions: Length 81.01 metres x Beam 11.97 metres.
Machinery : 8-cylinder :2SA oil engine by Nydqvist & Holm A/B, Trollhattan, Sweden.

1963: Completed by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing . Ltd., Goole (Yard No. 536) for the company.
June 1974: Re-engined with a 8-cyl. 4SA 'V' oil engine de by British Polar Engines Ltd., Glasgow.
Jan 1982: Id to Wimpey Marine Ltd., London, converted to a drillship and renamed WIMPEY GEOCORE.
1984: Owners became Wimpey Laboratories Ltd., London.
1988: Sold to Olympia Shipping Ltd., Gibraltar, rebuilt as a dry cargo vessel and renamed SEABURN GIRL.
1990: Sold to Leighton Shipping Ltd., Gibraltar and renamed HUSUM.
1992-renamed EPSON (Gibraltar/British flag).
1992-sold to East West Coast Marine Services, Nigeria, renamed ECOWAS TRADER I
Final Fate Unknown