Name: | PACIFIC ENVOY |
Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 06/11/1957 |
Completed: | 04/1958 |
Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders) Ltd |
Yard: | High Walker |
Yard Number: | 157 |
Dimensions: | 11610dwt, 9439grt, 5572nrt, 501.2 x 63.4 x 29.5ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 8470shp |
Engines by: | Parsons Marine Turbine Co, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 15.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 187759 |
History: | |
21/04/1958 | Furness Withy & Co Ltd, London |
1967 | Renamed LOCH RYAN |
1970 | Renamed PACIFIC ENVOY |
1971 | Amon Shipping Co Ltd, Famagusta; renamed AEGIS STRENGTH |
03/1974 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1967: Renamed LOCH RYAN for service with Royal Mail Lines |
03/1974: Broken up Whampoa at Hong Kong |
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo as PACIFIC ENVOY, but still in Royal Mail colours, is copyright of Ian Stockbridge
Above photo as AEGIS STRENGTH is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield