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Name: PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 05/11/1953
Completed: 03/1954
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd
Yard: High Walker
Yard Number: 140
Dimensions: 11410dwt, 9442grt, 5529nrt, 501.2 x 63.4 x 27.1ft
Engines: 3 x Steam turbines, HP DR geared, IP & LP SR geared, 8470shp
Engines by: Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 15.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 186027
History:
13/03/1954 Furness Withy & Co Ltd, London
1971 Deltape Shipping Enterprises SA, Piraeus; renamed AEGIS POWER
03/04/1974 Broken up
Comments: 03/04/1974: Broken up at Shanghai


Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above photo is courtesy of George Robinson

Above photo is copyright of Dr Allan Ryszka-Onions

Above photo as AEGIS POWER is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield

Above photo as AEGIS POWER is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield