Mersea Island Museum - Blackwater Ships


Ship:      MURILLO
Arrived:20 May 1930
Departed:30 May 1930
Arrived 2:12 November 1930
Departed 2:20 December 1930
Arrived 3:28 May 1932
Departed 3:14 August 1932
Career:Built 1915 for Lamport & Holt. 1929 transferred to H. & W. Nelson Limited. 1932 transferred with rest of Nelson Line fleet to Royal Mail Lines. Renamed NALON-1932.
Bombed and sunk 6 November 1940.

From Oyster Company ledger:
14 August 1932 swivel.

Arrived 20 May 1930 sailed 30 May 1930 arrived 12 Nov 1930 sailed 20 Dec 1930 arrived 28 May 1932 sailed 14 Aug 1932 [George Swieszkowski - Lloyds List]

Shields Daily News 21 Dec 1927 Lamport and Holt MORILLO laid up at Southend
Western Mail of 18 Aug 1932 reported MURILLO arrived Barry from Tollesbury 17 Aug 1932

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Tonnage:7,206 gross
Built:1915
Type:Refrigerated ship
Owner:Nelson Steam Navigation Company
Official No:137478
ID1137478

NALON sinking. She was bombed and sunk 6 November 1940 to the West of Ireland, on a voyage Beira to Glasgow. A near miss had blown in the plates at No.3 Hold and the ship filled and sank. All 72 crew were rescued. In the photograph, she is down by the head, two lifeboats are lowered and alongside. The NALON was built 1915 for Lamport and Holt as MURILLO and transferred to H & W Nelson in 1929. The vessel was laid up in the River Blackwater in 1930 and 1932. The Nelson Line fleet ...

Above:  NALON sinking. She was bombed and sunk 6 November 1940 to the West of Ireland, on a voyage Beira to Glasgow. A near miss had blown in the plates at No.3 Hold and the ship filled and sank. All 72 crew were rescued. In the photograph, she is down by the head, two lifeboats are lowered and alongside. The NALON was built 1915 for Lamport and Holt as MURILLO and transferred to H & W Nelson in 1929. The vessel was laid up in the River Blackwater in 1930 and 1932. The Nelson Line fleet ...
Source: Brian Jay Collection

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