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On 5 December 1946 she
was sold to C.W.Kellock and resold to John Cockerill SA of Antwerp who converted her
to a general cargo ship and renamed her TOPAZE.
SPEEDWELL was rebuilt at Hoboken by Cockerill's. She arrived at Ostend
on 19.12.1947 and entered into service for her new owners on 20.12.47
(Capt. Tabary) her new tonnages were: 1032 grt 485,41 n 1532 dwt 15
kn
After seven years of
commercial service operating between Tilbury and Ostend she was finally consigned to Dutch ship breakers
(Arie Rijsdijk) at Hansweert May 1954,
and while on passage she was wrecked (11.5.54). Her remains were
ultimately scrapped at Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht in 1955 by NV Rijsdijk Boss & Zonen ,
work began on 14.11.1955.
Thanks
to Maurice Voss for information on Topaze. |
