Name: | EL AMIRA FAWZIA |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 08/07/1929 |
Completed: | 08/1929 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1346 |
Dimensions: | 1881grt, 888nrt, 275.2 x 38.2 x 22.4ft |
Engines: | 2 x Q4cyl (17, 28, 32, 32 x 27ins), 2130ihp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 14.0knots |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
08/1929 | Government of Egypt - Coast Guard & Fisheries Admin, Alexandria |
1952 | Renamed EL QUSEIR |
1967 | Government of Egypt - Egyptian Army |
No later history known | |
Comments: | 1967: Transferred to the Egyptian Army as a transport vessel |
Outfitted as a transport for 400 x soldiers and 40 x horses | |
Armed with 2 x 1 x 3pdr guns | |
1967: No longer listed in Lloyd's Register |
Above photo as EL QUSEIR is copyright of Jane's Fighting Ships