| Name: | CORTONA |
| Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 07/03/1947 |
| Completed: | 10/1947 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 687 |
| Dimensions: | 8289grt, 4919nrt, 431.5 x 62.7 x 36.1ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 1579mn |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 15.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 182076 |
| History: | |
| 20/10/1947 | Donaldson Line Ltd (Donaldson Bros & Black Ltd), Glasgow |
| 1967 | Jade Co Inc (Soc de Gestion Evge), Piraeus; renamed KAROS |
| 07/07/1980 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 07/07/1980: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up |
| Broken up by Nan Long Steel & Iron Co Ltd |
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