Medic 1963

TYNE BUILT SHIPS

A history of Tyne shipbuilders and the ships that they built

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Name:	MEDIC
Type:	Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched:	28/03/1963
Completed:	07/1963
Builder:	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard:	Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number:	1992
Dimensions:	11120grt, 6154nrt, 495.0 x 71.0 x 42.0ft
Engines:	2 x Oil engines, 2SA, 7cyl (620 x 1400mm), 16000bhp
Engines by:	Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast
Propulsion:	2 x Screws, 18.0knots
Construction:	Steel
Reg Number:	304634

History:
07/1963	Shaw, Savill & Albion Co Ltd, London
1979	Odysefs Shipping Corp, Piraeus; renamed ODYSEFS
1982	Gold Lake Shipping Corp Ltd, Valletta
1987	Renamed MAGY
31/01/1987	Broken up

Comments:	31/01/1987: Broken up at Gadani Beach by Usman Enterprises