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Name: CITY OF RIPON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 19/07/1955
Completed: 03/1956
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders) Ltd
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 145
Dimensions: 7713grt, 4033nrt, 10982dwt, 507.2 x 65.9 x 28.4ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, Doxford type, 6cyl (750 x 2500mm), 8000bhp
Engines by: Vickers-Armstrongs (Engineering) Ltd, Barrow in Furness
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 185035
History:
03/1956 Ellerman Lines Ltd (City Line Ltd), Glasgow
1978 Ben Line Steamers Ltd, Leith; renamed BENVANNOCH
04/1979 Broken up
Comments: 20/04/1979: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking by Kao Feng Iron & Steel


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