Name: | MONGOLIA |
Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 24/08/1922 |
Completed: | 04/1923 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | High Walker |
Yard Number: | 964 |
Dimensions: | 16504grt, 10333nrt, 551.6 x 72.0 x 38.5ft |
Engines: | 6 x Steam turbines (2 x HP, IP & LP sets), Parsons type, DR geared, 2567nhp |
Engines by: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd, Elswick |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 16.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 145517 |
History: | |
24/04/1923 | Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co, Newcastle |
1938 | New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd (by charter), Plymouth; renamed RIMUTAKA |
1950 | Cia de Nav Incres SA, Panama; renamed EUROPA |
1951 | Renamed NASSAU |
1955 | Incres Steamship Co Ltd, Monrovia |
1961 | Cia Naviera Turistica Mexicana SA, Acapulco; renamed ACAPULCO |
01/1965 | Broken up |
Comments: | Accommodation for 230 x 1st Class & 180 x 2nd Class passengers |
Built for the United Kingdom to Australia trade | |
1951: Renovated in Genoa & converted into a cruise ship | |
1961: Rebuilt by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd at Glasgow | |
1961: Fitted with a new bow and new funnel | |
15/12/1964: Arrived at Osaka under tow | |
06/01/1966: Work commenced on breaking up at Sakai |
Above photo as MONGOLIA is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as MONGOLIA is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as RIMUTAKA is courtesy of Brent Chambers
Above photo as RIMUTAKA is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as NASSAU is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as ACAPULCO is copyright A Duncan
Shields Daily News, Friday, 25/08/1922