| Name: | CITY OF EXETER |
| Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 07/07/1952 |
| Completed: | 04/1953 |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
| Yard: | High Walker |
| Yard Number: | 121 |
| Dimensions: | 13345grt, 7556nrt, 11350dwt, 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: | 185878 |
| History: | |
| 29/04/1953 | Ellerman Lines Ltd (Ellerman & Bucknall SS Co Ltd), London |
| 1971 | Oceano Benigo Nav SA, Piraeus; renamed MEDITERRANEAN SEA |
| 1973 | Mikyar Ltd, Famagusta |
| 1996 | Istanbul Sea Lines SA, Limassol; renamed TURKU |
| 1996 | Armon Trading Inc, Panama; renamed ALICE |
| 09/07/1998 | 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 | |
| 1972: Converted to a passenger / RO-RO ferry, 16385grt | |
| 1996: Conflicting reports on renaming to TURKU, TUTKU or TUKTU | |
| 09/07/1998: Arrived at Aliaga for breaking up | |
| 1998: Broken up by Dörtel Gemi Sokum Demir |
Above photo is copyright of David Shackleton
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo is copyright of Graeme Turner
Above photo is copyright of Malcolm Donnelly
Above photo, dated 04/06/1967, is copyright of Paul Strathdee
Above photo as MEDITERRANEAN SEA is copyright of Chris Howell
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