| Name: | ANGOLA |
| Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 24/03/1948 |
| Completed: | 12/1948 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 689 |
| Dimensions: | 13016grt, 7703nrt, 549.8 x 67.3 x 27.0ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 2SA, Doxford type, 6cyl (670 x 2320mm) |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 17.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 12/1948 | Cia Nacional de Navegação, Lisbon |
| 08/02/1974 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Built for the Lisbon to East African ports service |
| Accommodation for 89 x 1st, 141 x Tourist & 511 x Steerage Class passengers | |
| 08/02/1974: Delivered for breaking up at Hualien by Chou's Iron & Steel Co Ltd |
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