Name: | CITY OF HULL |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/01/1947 |
Completed: | 10/1947 |
Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
Yard: | High Walker |
Yard Number: | 98 |
Dimensions: | 8458grt, 4250nrt, 478.9 x 64.3 x 32.9ft |
Engines: | 6 x Steam turbines, (HP - DR geared, IP & LP - SR geared), 1800 Mn |
Engines by: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, Barrow in Furness |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 16.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 181104 |
History: | |
10/10/1947 | Ellerman Line Ltd (Hall Line Ltd), Liverpool |
1953 | Managers became Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool |
1961 | Hall Line Ltd, Liverpool |
1967 | Embajada Cia Naviera SA, Piraeus; renamed ESSEX |
06/1967 | Broken up |
Comments: | 06/1967: Broken up at Aioi by Taiyo Kaiji KK |
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