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Name: AUTOMEDON
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 30/11/1948
Completed: 08/1949
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 108
Dimensions: 7713grt, 4442nrt, 9440dwt, 487.0 x 62.4 x 28.3ft
Engines: Oil engine, B&W type, 2DA, 8cyl (550 x 1200mm), 6800bhp
Engines by: JG Kincaid & Co Ltd, Greenock
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 183742
History:
08/1949 Ocean Steam Ship Co Ltd (A Holt & Co Ltd), Liverpool
03/1972 Broken up
Comments: 02/03/1972: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up by Yi Chong Steel & Iron Works


Above photo is copyright of John Clarkson

Above photo is copyright of Iain Forsyth