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Description: | inscription, chain design around the centre of the inscription, SIR W.G. ARMSTRONG, WHITWORTH AND CO.
NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE
(SHIPBUILDERS) LTD.
1929.
BUILDERS,
NO. 1052.
This is the shipbuilder's nameplate from the ss Rancagua, a twin screw cargo vessel of 3936 gross tons, built by Armstrong Whitworth for the Chilian Government and launched from the Low Walker Yard in 1930. She was powered by two triple expansion engines which were built by Armstrong Whitworth Engineers. By 1934 she is listed in Lloyds Register as carrying petroleum in bulk and this is her last listing in Lloyds.
Material: metal, copper alloy, brass | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.maritimehistory.393763 | Go to resource |
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