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Name: CENTRICITY
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 06/07/1955
Completed: 09/1955
Builder: Clelands (Successors) Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 202
Dimensions: 655grt, 329nrt, 785dwt, 191.5 x 28.3 x 11.7ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, 5cyl (6.5 x 7.25ins), 500bhp
Engines by: Newbury Diesel Co Ltd, Newbury
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 186294
History:
19/09/1955 FT Everard & Sons Ltd, Greenhithe
02/1977 Internavo Company Ltd, Limassol; renamed DEMI
1978 Magda Shipping & Commercial Enterprises of Honduras, Puerto Cortes
1978 Renamed MAGDALENA
11/1979 Broken up
Comments: Engine manufactured in 1948 and refitted in 09/1955
11/1979: Broken up by Sloop en Bergingsbedrijf van der Varelat, Vianen, Holland


Above photo, CENTRICITY launch, is from the Shields Daily News, Thursday, 07/07/1955

Above photo as CENTRICITY is courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo as CENTRICITY is copyright of Bobby Sinclair

Above photo as CENTRICITY is copyright of Ray Perry

Above photo as CENTRICITY is copyright of Charlie Hill