Name: | MODASA |
Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 24/12/1920 |
Completed: | 09/12/1921 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1104 |
Dimensions: | 9070grt, 5636nrt, 465.0 x 58.3 x 33.5ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, Metrovick-Rateau two stage, 4000bhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 13.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 146272 |
01/12/1921 | British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Glasgow |
24/01/1954 | Broken up |
Comments: | Cost when built £560,000 |
Initially, accommodation for 103 x 1st & 45 x 2nd Class passengers | |
For the London to East Africa or London to Calcutta services | |
24/01/1954: Broken up at Blyth by Hughes Bolckow Shipbreaking Co Ltd |
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