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Name: CITY OF EASTBOURNE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 07/11/1961
Completed: 03/1962
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders) Ltd
Yard: High Walker
Yard Number: 172
Dimensions: 10006grt, 5500nrt, 11068dwt, 508.0 x 66.9 x 29.1ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, Sulzer type, 8cyl (760 x 1550mm), 10300bhp
Engines by: Vickers-Armstrongs (Engineering) Ltd, Barrow in Furness
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 18.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 302928
History:
03/1962 Ellerman Lines Ltd (Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co Ltd), London
1971 Renamed CITY OF TORONTO
1978 Pacific International Lines Pte Ltd, Singapore; renamed KOTA CANTIK
10/1984 Broken up
Comments: 16/10/1984: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up by Tai Yuan Steel & Iron Co


Above photo as CITY OF EASTBOURNE is copyright of the Ship Society of South Africa

Above photo as CITY OF EASTBOURNE is copyright of the Ship Society of South Africa

Above photo as CITY OF EASTBOURNE is copyright of Graham Walker. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return

Above photos, showing CITY OF EASTBOURNE in drydock at Hamburg, are copyright of Graham Walker

Above photo as CITY OF TORONTO is copyright of Chris Howell

Above photo as KOTA CANTIK is copyright of Don Meehan

Above photo as KOTA CANTIK is copyright of Don Meehan