[hollydog]

BONDICAR - 1916/1918
Code letters: HQGC Official registration #: 129741
Master: 1916-17 Captain F. Gustafson, appointed to the ship in 1913
1917-18 Captain J. Glass, appointed to the ship in 1916
Rigging: steel single screw Schooner; 1 steel deck; 4 cemented bulkheads;
cargo battens not fitted; cellular double bottom, aft 65 feet long, under
engine & boilers 34 feet, forward 103 feet, 384 tons; Forward Peak Tank 36
tons; Aft Peak Tank 97 tons
Tonnage: 1,441 tons gross, 1,079 under deck and 804 net.
Dimensions: 240.3 feet long, 36.5 foot beam and holds 14.4 feet deep;
Quarter Deck 123 feet long;Bridge Deck 10 feet; Forecastle 22 feet.
Construction: 1910, J. Crown & Sons Ltd. in Sunderland
Propulsion: triple expansion engine with 3 cylinders 18 1/2, 30 & 50 inches
diameter respectively; stroke 36 inches; 180 p.s.i.; 182 nominal horsepower;
2 single ended boilers; 4 corrugated furnaces; grate surface 82 sq. ft.;
heating surface 3,060 sq. ft.; engine built by Richardson, Westgarth & Co.
Ltd. in Sunderland
Owners: Broomhill Collieries Ltd. (H. Coates, manager)
Port of registry: Newcastle
Port of survey: Barry