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Name: CRETIC
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 25/01/1955
Completed: 05/1955
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1845
Dimensions: 11151grt, 6344nrt, 11869dwt, 512.1 x 69.5 x 30.4ft
Engines: 2 x Oil engines, Doxford type, 6cyl (670 x 2320mm), 13200bhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 2 x Screws
Reg Number: 186466
History:
05/1955 Shaw, Savill & Albion Co Ltd, Southampton
1973 Renamed DRINA
1976 Blackhall Shipping Co Ltd, London
1976 Lancaster Shipping Co Ltd, Singapore; renamed UNITED VIGOUR
23/12/1978 Broken up
Comments: 23/12/1978: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up by Nan Long Steel


Above photo as CRETIC copyright of Chris Howell

Above photo as CRETIC copyright of M Downes

Above photo as CRETIC copyright of J Clarkson

Above photo as CRETIC copyright of SkyFotos

Above photo as CRETIC copyright of Michael Petts

Above photo as CRETIC copyright of Harold Appleyard

Above photo as DRINA copyright of Dr Allan Ryszka-Onions

Above photo as UNITED VIGOUR copyright of Alex Wood