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Name: CITY OF HULL
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 22/01/1947
Completed: 10/1947
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd
Yard: High Walker
Yard Number: 98
Dimensions: 8458grt, 4250nrt, 478.9 x 64.3 x 32.9ft
Engines: 6 x Steam turbines, (HP - DR geared, IP & LP - SR geared), 1800 Mn
Engines by: Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, Barrow in Furness
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 16.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 181104
History:
10/10/1947 Ellerman Line Ltd (Hall Line Ltd), Liverpool
1953 Managers became Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool
1961 Hall Line Ltd, Liverpool
1967 Embajada Cia Naviera SA, Piraeus; renamed ESSEX
06/1967 Broken up
Comments: 06/1967: Broken up at Aioi by Taiyo Kaiji KK


Above photo as CITY OF HULL is copyright of Charlie Hill

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Above photo as CITY OF HULL is copyright of Dave Edge

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