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Name: RONDA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 19/02/1920
Completed: 04/1920
Builder: John Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 460
Dimensions: 4943grt, 3030nrt, 385.0 x 53.6 x 27.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (26.5, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 433nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 144511
History:
19/04/1920 Bowring Steamship Co Ltd (CT Bowring & Co Ltd), London
1937 Slobodna Plovidba Topic dd (Ant Topic), Susak; renamed IVAN TOPIC
1946 Jugoslavenska Slobodna Plovidba, Rijeka; renamed KRAGUJEVAC
1950 Jugoslavenska Linijska Plovidba, Rijeka
1956 Atlantska Plovidba, Dubrovnik
1960 Broken up
Comments: 12/07/1960: Arrived at Kure for breaking up


Above photo as RONDA is courtesy of Clive Ketley

Above photo as KRAGUJEVAC is courtesy of Photoship