Name: | NEW YORK CITY |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 18/10/1955 |
Completed: | 01/1956 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 587 |
Dimensions: | 5603grt, 3066nrt, 449.4 x 58.0 x 25.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45 & 76 x 48ins) + LP turbine, 4600ihp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 186544 |
History: | |
01/1956 | Bristol City Line of Steamships (Charles Hill & Sons), Bristol |
1968 | Leopard Shipping Co Ltd, Gibraltar: renamed AVIS ORNIS |
1970 | Seamaster Shipping Co Ltd, Famagusta: renamed FELICITY |
1971 | People’s Republic of China |
No later history known | |
Comments: | 1971: Probably broken up but no later information |
Above photo as NEW YORK CITY courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photos as NEW YORK CITY copyright of Malcolm Cranfield
Above photo as NEW YORK CITY copyright of Ray Perry