Name: | CEYLON |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 28/07/1911 |
Completed: | 09/1911 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 445 |
Dimensions: | 5235grt, 3267nrt, 425.0 x 54.1 x 26.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45 & 75 x 51ins), 581nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a; (1950: 191482) |
History: | |
09/1911 | A/B Svenska Ostasiatiska Kompaniet, Gothenburg |
1950 | The Concordia Steamship Co Ltd (Wheelock, Marden & Co Ltd), Hong Kong |
1950 | Renamed CORDA |
1951 | Dai-Ichi Kisen KK, Kobe; renamed ORIENT MARU |
11/1962 | Broken up |
Comments: | 11/1962: Broken up at Onomichi, work began 22/11/1962 |
Above photo is courtesy of Bernt Fogelberg
Above photo is courtesy of Bernt Fogelberg
Above photo is courtesy of Bernt Fogelberg
Above photo is copyright of Sjöhistoriska museet
Above photo is copyright of Sjöhistoriska museet