| Name: | CAMELLIA |
| Type: | Bulk Carrier |
| Launched: | 21/10/1952 |
| Completed: | 02/1953 |
| Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 571 |
| Dimensions: | 6161grt, 3168nrt, 434.5 x 55.9 x 23.6ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, Doxford type, 2SA, 4cyl (560 x 2160mm), 3000bhp |
| Engines by: | North Eastern Marine Engineering Co (1938) Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 148820 |
| History: | |
| 02/1953 | Stag Line Ltd (J Robinson & Sons), North Shields |
| 06/1972 | Compania Navegacao Somerset SA, Panama; renamed GALICIA |
| 21/04/1977 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 21/04/1977: Arrived at Blyth for breaking up by Hughes Bolckow Ltd |
Above photo as CAMELLIA is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield
Above photo as CAMELLIA is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as CAMELLIA is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as CAMELLIA is copyright of Harold Fricke
Above photo as CAMELLIA is copyright of Richard Duncan
GALICIA at Blyth for breaking. Photo is copyright of Harold Appleyard
GALICIA at Blyth for breaking. Photo is copyright of Peter Crichton
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