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Name: CANOPIC
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 30/06/1954
Completed: 12/1954
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd
Yard: High Walker
Yard Number: 151
Dimensions: 11166grt, 6350nrt, 11781dwt, 512.0 x 69.2 x 30.4ft (*)
Engines: 2 x Oil engines, 2SCSA, H&W type, 6cyl (750 x 1500mm), 14300bhp
Engines by: Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 17.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 186452
History:
21/12/1954 Shaw Savill & Albion Co Ltd, Southampton
1969 Cairn Line of Steamships Ltd, Southampton
1973 Shaw Savill & Albion Co Ltd, Southampton
1975 Roussos Brothers, Limassol; renamed CAPETAN NICOLAS
1976 Elthina Shipping Co Ltd, Limassol
27/09/1986 Broken up
Comments: 27/09/1986: Arrived at Aliaga for breaking up
09/1986: Broken up by Gumuscubuk Gemi Sokum Ticaret AS
(*) Dimensions are: Length OA, Breadth extreme, Draught summer


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