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Name: CINGALESE PRINCE
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 16/02/1950
Completed: 09/1950
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd
Yard: High Walker
Yard Number: 115
Dimensions: 8827grt, 5205nrt, 10515dwt, 451.5 x 63.2 x 37.6ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, Doxford type, 6cyl (670 x 2320mm), 6800bhp
Engines by: Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, Barrow in Furness
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 15.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 183324
History:
23/08/1950 Prince Line Ltd (Furness, Withy & Co Ltd), London
1960 Renamed GALLIC for charter to Shaw, Savill & Albion
1962 Renamed CINGALESE PRINCE
1963 Bibby Line Ltd (Bibby Bros), Liverpool
1964 Renamed GLOUCESTERSHIRE
1971 Ferguson International Shipping Co Ltd, Hong Kong; renamed CRESCO
1971 Ribble Ltd, Liverpool
17/09/1972 Broken up
Comments: 17/09/1972: Arrived at Whampoa for breaking up


Above photo as GALLIC is copyright of Doug Wright

Above photo as GLOUCESTERSHIRE is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield

Above photo as GLOUCESTERSHIRE is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield

Above photo as CRESCO is copyright of Michael Lennon