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Name: ILLYRIC
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 20/07/1959
Completed: 01/1960
Builder: Vickers-Armstrong (Shipbuilders) Ltd
Yard: High Walker
Yard Number: 164
Dimensions: 11256grt, 513.25 x 70.4 x 28.75ft
Engines: Oil engine, B&W type, 2SA, 8cyl (750 x 1500mm), 13300bhp
Engines by: Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 17.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 300719; (IMO: 5159038)
History:
01/1960 Shaw, Savill & Albion Co Ltd, Southampton
1977 Ardgowan Shipping Co Ltd, Southampton
1978 Hanover Marine Co Ltd, Limassol, Cyprus; renamed CARMILA
09/03/1979 Broken up
Comments: 09/03/1979: Broken up by Chi Young Steel Enterprise Co at Kaohsiung, Taiwan


Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above photo is copyright of Chris Howell

Above photo is copyright of Chris Howell

Above photo is copyright of Bob Scott

Above photo as CARMILA is courtesy of Chris Howell

Above photo as CARMILA is copyright of Malcolm Cranfiels