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Name: LINKMOOR
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 14/04/1961
Completed: 07/1961
Builder: Hawthorn, Leslie (Ship Builders) Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 738
Dimensions: 10360dwt, 5924grt, 3070nrt, 463.3 x 60.7 x 27.1ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SA, Doxford type, 5cyl (670 x 2320mm), 5500bhp
Engines by: Hawthorn, Leslie (Engineering) Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 15.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 186919
History:
28/07/1961 Moor Line Ltd (W Runciman & Co Ltd), Newcastle
1968 Anchor Line Ship Management Ltd, Glasgow; renamed EUCADIA
1981 Athinea Shipping Co SA, Sri Lanka; renamed SIGIRIYA
05/02/1983 Broken up
Comments: 05/02/1983: Arrived at Gadani Beach for breaking up by Yaqoob & Sons


Above photo as LINKMOOR is courtesy of Tony Frost

Above photo as LINKMOOR is courtesy of Tony Frost

Above photo as LINKMOOR copyright of Chris Finney

Above photo as LINKMOOR is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return

Above photo as EUCADIA is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield