| Name: | CITY OF DURBAN |
| Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 28/05/1953 |
| Completed: | 05/1954 |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
| Yard: | High Walker |
| Yard Number: | 123 |
| Dimensions: | 13345grt, 7523nrt, 11400dwt, 541.0 x 71.2 x 28.5ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 2SCSA, Doxford type, 6cyl (670 x 2320mm), 12650bhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 17.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 186042 |
| History: | |
| 06/05/1954 | Ellerman Lines Ltd (Ellerman & Bucknall SS Co Ltd), London |
| 1971 | Mundial Armadora SA, Piraeus; renamed MEDITERRANEAN DOLPHIN |
| 20/03/1974 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Sisters CITY OF PORT ELIZABETH, CITY OF EXETER, CITY OF YORK & CITY OF DURBAN |
| Built for the London, Las Palmas, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London, | |
| Durban, Lourenco Marques (now Maputo) and Beira service | |
| Accommodation for 107 x 1st Class passengers | |
| 30/03/1974: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up by Tai Kien Industry Co Ltd |
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