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Name: NEW YORK CITY
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 18/10/1955
Completed: 01/1956
Builder: John Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 587
Dimensions: 5603grt, 3066nrt, 449.4 x 58.0 x 25.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 45 & 76 x 48ins) + LP turbine, 4600ihp
Engines by: John Readhead & Sons Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 186544
History:
01/1956 Bristol City Line of Steamships (Charles Hill & Sons), Bristol
1968 Leopard Shipping Co Ltd, Gibraltar: renamed AVIS ORNIS
1970 Seamaster Shipping Co Ltd, Famagusta: renamed FELICITY
1971 People’s Republic of China
No later history known
Comments: 1971: Probably broken up but no later information


Above photo as NEW YORK CITY courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above photos as NEW YORK CITY copyright of Malcolm Cranfield

Above photo as NEW YORK CITY copyright of Ray Perry