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Name: BRASILIA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 24/04/1906
Completed: 06/1906
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 788
Dimensions: 6585grt, 4217nrt, 449.0 x 53.2 x 31.4ft
Engines: Q4cyl (25.5, 36.5, 52 & 75 x 51ins), 402nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
06/1906 Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hamburg
1919 French Government, Dunkerque
1923 Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hamburg
1926 Renamed GRANADA
20/09/1931 Broken up
Comments: 08/1914: Laid up at Barcelona
1919: Ceded to France as a war reparation
20/09/1931: Arrived at Genoa for breaking up by Mermontana


Above photo as BRASILIA is courtesy of John Bage

Above photo of BRASILIA's engine is courtesy of John Bage

Jarrow Express, Friday, 27/04/1906