USS Beukelsdijk
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USS Beukelsdijk was a Dutch-owned turret deck ship that was built in England in 1903 as Grängesberg. She was renamed Beukelsdijk in 1916 when she changed owners. In 1918 she was requisitioned as USS B
The ship as Grängesberg, with her smokestack in Wm. H. Müller & Co colors, between 1903 and 1916
The ship as Beukelsdijk sometime between January 1916 and March 1918, with her smokestack in Holland America Line colors, and with Dutch neutrality markings on her side
The ship as Grängesberg, between 1903 and 1916, possibly in Rotterdam
MS Volendam, Fremantle, 2012
William Doxford & Sons
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William Doxford & Sons Ltd, often referred to simply as Doxford, was a British shipbuilding and marine engineering company.
USS Beukelsdijk
…Beukelsdijk, with the Naval Registry Identification Number ID–3135. She returned to civilian service in 1919, and was wrecked in the Norwegian Sea in 1923. William Doxford & Sons built the ship in Pallion, Sunderland, as yard number 305. She was launched on 14 March 1903 as Grängesberg and completed that April. Her registered…
William Doxford & Sons' shipyard and engine works, River Wear 1967
HMS Opal at Doxford, ready for launch, 11 September 1915.
Cargo ship Finix ready for launch, 18 April 1969
The engine shop at Doxford's shipyard during the Second World War: the diesel engine of a merchant ship is undergoing tests.