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Name: NEWFOUNDLAND
Type: Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 22/05/1947
Completed: 02/1948
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd
Yard: High Walker
Yard Number: 102
Dimensions: 7437grt, 4236nrt, 440.6 x 61.2 x 25.5ft
Engines: 3 x Steam turbines
Engines by: Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, Barrow in Furness
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 15.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 182403
History:
23/01/1948 Johnston Warren Lines Ltd (Furness, Withy & Co Ltd), Liverpool
1962 Dominion Navigation Co Ltd (HC Sleigh Ltd), Liverpool
1962 Renamed GEORGE ANSON
04/1971 Broken up
Comments: Accommodation for about 150 x passengers
15/02/1971: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up
01/04/1971: Work began by Great China Steel Development Corp


Above photo as NEWFOUNDLAND is copyright of Chris Howell

Above photo as NEWFOUNDLAND is copyright of George Dickinson

Above photo as GEORGE ANSON is copyright of David Kirby

Above photo as GEORGE ANSON is courtesy of Gordon Ross