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NUNOCA

Post by aukepalmhof » Fri Jul 01, 2016 9:08 pm

Built as a wooden two decked cargo vessel by Heber Arch Sr., for the Caribbean Motor Boat Co. Ltd., Georgetown, Cayman Islands.
Launched as the NUNOCA.
Tonnage 190 gross, 95 net ton, dim. 28.8 x 6.37 x 2.71m.
Powered by a 3-cyl oil engine, manufactured by Kahlenberg Co., Two Rivers, Wisconsin, USA, 185 nhp., twin screw, speed?
1932 Completed.

Used as a cargo and passenger vessel between the Cayman Islands, Jamaica and Tampa, USA.
On her last voyage the owners are given by Lloyds Register 1936 as C.G. Kirk Connell & H.Q. Merren & Co. Georgetown, Cayman Islands.
The NUNOCA on her last voyage sailed from Georgetown with on board 22 people and loaded with empty oil drums, she went missing in July 1936 and was not heard of ever again.

Cayman Islands 2016 80c sg?, scott?
Source: Lloyds Register 1932/36. Cayman Post and internet.
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