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Name: GLENMOOR
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 18/09/1952
Completed: 02/1953
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 714
Dimensions: 5386grt, 2815nrt, 449.1 x 58.3 x 26.2ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SA, Doxford type, 4cyl (600 x 2320), 3300bhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 185852; (IMO: 5132042)
History:
18/02/1953 Moor Line Ltd (Walter Runciman & Co Ltd), London
1968 Anchor Line Ltd, Glasgow
1976 Crossworld Fortune Shipping Co Ltd, Singapore; renamed SAUDI FORTUNE
1981 Lagoon Shipping Lines Ltd, Chittagong
28/01/1982 Broken up
Comments: 28/01/1982: Broken up at Chittagong


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