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Name: PACIFIC STRONGHOLD
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 19/02/1958
Completed: 07/1958
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders) Ltd
Yard: High Walker
Yard Number: 158
Dimensions: 11650dwt, 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: 187825
History:
30/07/1958 Furness Withy & Co Ltd, London
1970 Arditos Cia Naviera SA, Piraeus; renamed AEGIS HONOR
1972 Aspis Shipping Co Ltd, Famagusta
01/03/1974 Broken up
Comments: Built for the UK to the Pacific coast of North America service
01/03/1974: Broken up Whampoa, Singapore


Above photo as PACIFIC STRONGHOLD is courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above photo as PACIFIC STRONGHOLD is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return

Above photo as PACIFIC STRONGHOLD is copyright of Walter E Frost, City of Vancouver Archives

Above photo as PACIFIC STRONGHOLD is copyright of Doug Rowland

Above photo as AEGIS HONOR is copyright of John Wiltshire