Name: | NEWFOUNDLAND |
Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/05/1947 |
Completed: | 02/1948 |
Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
Yard: | High Walker |
Yard Number: | 102 |
Dimensions: | 7437grt, 4236nrt, 440.6 x 61.2 x 25.5ft |
Engines: | 3 x Steam turbines |
Engines by: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, Barrow in Furness |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 15.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 182403 |
History: | |
23/01/1948 | Johnston Warren Lines Ltd (Furness, Withy & Co Ltd), Liverpool |
1962 | Dominion Navigation Co Ltd (HC Sleigh Ltd), Liverpool |
1962 | Renamed GEORGE ANSON |
04/1971 | Broken up |
Comments: | Accommodation for about 150 x passengers |
15/02/1971: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up | |
01/04/1971: Work began by Great China Steel Development Corp |
Above photo as NEWFOUNDLAND is copyright of Chris Howell
Above photo as NEWFOUNDLAND is copyright of George Dickinson
Above photo as GEORGE ANSON is copyright of David Kirby
Above photo as GEORGE ANSON is courtesy of Gordon Ross