Coryton - Launch

LOCAL LAUNCH

VESSEL FOR SIR J. HERBERT CORY, OF CARDIFF.

Northern Daily Mail. 4th Aug 1928

Last evening Messrs. William Gray and Co., Ltd., launched from their Central Shipyards the handsome steel screw steamer Coryton, built to the order to Sir J. Herbert Cory, Bart., Cardiff.

The vessel is of the following dimensions: Length overall 412ft. 6in.; breadth, 53ft., depth moulded to upper deck, 35ft. 1 ½ in. The vessel has open shelter deck and forecastle, and is being built to the highest class in Lloyd’s.

She is constructed on the cellular double bottom principle with fore and aft peaks, the framing being of the deep channel type, and has six watertight bulkheads, together with a steel centre line bulkhead, and wood shifting boards dividing the holds for grain carrying.

Spacious accommodation for the officers is arranged in a steel house amidships. The engineers will be berthed in large steel houses alongside the casing, and the crew in the poop, with separate mess rooms.

For the quick handling of cargo, nine powerful steam winches are provided to work ten derricks. A direct-acting steam windlass forward and steam steering gear amidships are also fitted.

The topmasts will be telescopic, lowering to a height suitable for the Manchester Ship Canal Bridges. Lifeboats are fitted on deck overhead.

The vessel will be completed in all respects as a first-class cargo steamer, her equipment including an
efficient wireless installation with direction finder, and electric light throughout.

                                              THE ENGINES

Triple-expansion engines by the Central Marine Engineering Works of the builders having cylinders 26, 42, and 70 inches diameter by 48 in. stroke, and three boilers working at a pressure of 180lbs. per square inch, and a number of auxiliaries of the well-known “C.M.E.W.” type will be installed, including a winch condenser with circulating pump, evaporator, general service pump, ballast pump, combined drain and scumming tank, and harbour feed pump.

The ship and machinery are being built under the supervision of Messrs. Alex. B. Coull and Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne, on behalf of the owner, and the ceremony of naming the steamer Coryton was gracefully performed by Lady Cory, wife of Sir J. Herbert Cory, Bart.

Amongst the large company present were Sir J. Herbert and Lady Cory, Mrs. F. C. Pyman, Mrs. J. H. Farmer, Mrs. A. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. W. Guy Ropner, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Waddy, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Godlee (Birmingham), Mrs. S. T. Coulson, Mr J. Coulson, Misses Nimmo (Castle Eden), Mr. A. B. Coull, and Mr. A. Daintith (of Lloyd’s Register).

The builders were represented by Sir William Gray, Bart. (Chairman), Mr. F. C. Pyman (managing director), Mr. J. H. Farmer, Mr. A. McGlashan, Mr. A. Jones(directors), Mr. J. Young, and Mr. W. J. Wilson.

                                       CONFIDENCE IN FUTURE OF SHIPPING.

At an informal gathering after the launch Sir William Gray, Bart., proposed success to the Coryton and at the same time welcomed Sir Herbert and Lady Cory. He said he understood that the Coryton was to be Sir Herbert’s own ship, and he hoped that he would never regret his ownership of her.

Sir Herbert Cory, Bart., in reply spoke very highly of Messrs. William Gray and Co., Ltd. They had built
several ships for the firm of which he was a member, and all of them had given great satisfaction. The Coryton was the first ship he had had built on his own behalf, and he had sufficient confidence in the future of shipping to think that he had been right in ordering her.

Lady Cory and Mr. A. McGlashan also spoke.



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