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Name: CITY OF CANTERBURY
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 16/12/1922
Completed: 02/1923
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1189
Dimensions: 8421grt, 5352nrt, 448.4 x 56.4 x 31.4ft
Engines: Q4cyl (26.75, 38.5, 55.5 & 80 x 51ins), 457nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 13.0knots
Reg Number: 146325
History:
02/1923 City Line Ltd (Ellerman Lines Ltd), Glasgow
06/1953 Broken up
Comments: 31/05/1953: Arrived at Blyth for breaking up by Hughes Bolckow Shipbreaking Co Ltd


Above photo copyright of the Norsk Maritimt Museum

Above photo courtesy of Clive Ketley

Above photo taken at Blyth is courtesy of Clive Ketley

Above photo taken at Blyth is courtesy of Clive Ketley