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Name: DIJON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 10/03/1947
Completed: 10/1947
Builder: John Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 552
Dimensions: 4557grt, 2518nrt, 437.9 x 55.8 x 23.0ft
Engines: 3 x Steam turbines
Engines by: Parsons Marine Turbine Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
10/1947 Cie de Navigation d’Orbigny, La Rochelle
1963 Surrendra Overseas Ltd, Bombay; renamed APJ KARUNA
04/1970 Broken up
Comments: 04/1970: Broken up at Bombay by Vejnath Mebran


Above photo as DIJON is courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above photo as DIJON is copyright of Charlie Hill

Above photo as DIJON is courtesy of Marine-Marchande.net