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Name: CITY OF GUILDFORD
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 27/06/1957
Completed: 11/1957
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1883
Dimensions: 4945grt, 2517nrt, 7760dwt, 434.0 x 59.3 x 24.7ft
Engines: Oil engine, Sulzer type, 2SA, 8cyl (720 x 1520mm), 5600bhp
Engines by: George Clark & North-Eastern Marine Eng Co Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 14.5knots
Reg Number: 187172
History:
11/1957 Ellerman Lines Ltd (Hall Line Ltd), Liverpool
1979 Eurydice Maritime Co Ltd, Piraeus; renamed EURYDICE
1981 Chimadea Maritime Shipping Co, Piraeus; renamed MIGHTY SPIRIT
1984 Wonder Shipping & Trading Co Ltd, Valletta; renamed NIRAV
17/09/1984 Broken up
Comments: 17/09/1984: Arrived at Chittagong for breaking up
1984: Broken up by Khalil & Sons


Above photo as CITY OF GUILDFORD is copyright of Dr Allan Ryszka-Onions

Above photo as CITY OF GUILDFORD is copyright of Michael Green

Above photo as EURYDICE is copyright of Chris Howell