Britannia 1929

TYNE BUILT SHIPS

A history of Tyne shipbuilders and the ships that they built

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Name:	BRITANNIA
Type:	Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched:	27/02/1929
Completed:	06/1929
Builder:	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard:	Neptune, Low Walker
Yard Number:	1300
Dimensions:	2210dwt, 4696grt, 2589nrt, 376.3 x 50.3 x 20.3ft (*)
Engines:	3 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 5700nhp
Engines by:	Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion:	1 x Screw, 17.5knots
Construction:	Steel
Reg Number:	321240; (IMO: 5052319)

History:
06/1929	Rederi A/B Svenska Lloyd, Gothenburg, Sweden
1966	Hellenic Mediterranean Lines, Piraeus; renamed CYNTHIA
1966	Cia Amadores De Sudamerica SA, Panama
1969	Cynthiana Nav Co Ltd, Famagusta, Cyprus
05/2008	Broken up

Comments:	1937: Converted to oil fuel burning
	11/1973: Broken up by Vado Scali e Bacini, Savona, Italy
	(*) Dimensions are: Length OA, Extreme Breadth and Draft