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Bereby - Launch
The following appeared in the Northern Daily Mail on June 28th, 1919:
"Yesterday Messrs. Irvine's Shipbuilding and Dry Docks Co. Ltd., launched from their Middleton shipyard, West Hartlepool, the S.S. Bereby built for the British and African Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., Liverpool (Messrs. Elder, Dempster and Co. Ltd., Managers).
The vessel is of the Standard "B" type, 400ft length between perpendiculars by 52ft 3ins beam extreme, by 31ft depth moulded, with a deadweight carrying capacity of 8,200 tons.
Accommodation is provided amidships for the captain, officers, engineers and Marconi operators, and the vessel is fitted throughout with electric light. Specially large hatches are provided, and for the handling of the cargo ten steam winches are fitted and a number of derricks of the steel tubular type.
The machinery is being supplied and fitted by Messrs. Richardsons, Westgarth and Co. Ltd., Hartlepool, having cylinders 27ins, 44ins, and 73ins, by 48ins stroke, with three boilers 15ft 6ins by 11ft 6ins, working at 180lbs per square inch and fitted with Howden's forced draught.
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