Name: | PHOEBUS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 11/01/1921 |
Completed: | 03/1921 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 913 |
Dimensions: | 4879grt, 2698nrt, 386.1 x 52.6 x 26.3ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26, 43 & 71 x 48ins), 453nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a; (1923: 144726) |
History: | |
03/1921 | Soc "Les Affréteurs Reunis" (Jean Stern), Rouen |
08/09/1923 | Oakwin Steamship Co Ltd (Sir Wm Reardon Smith & Sons Ltd), Bideford |
08/09/1923 | Renamed GENERAL SMUTS |
1927 | St Just Steamship Co Ltd (Sir Wm Reardon Smith & Sons Ltd), Bideford |
1929 | Reardon Smith Line Ltd (Sir Wm Reardon Smith & Sons Ltd), Bideford |
1934 | Alexandria Navigation Co SAE (Watts, Watts & Co Ltd), Alexandria |
1934 | Renamed STAR OF EGYPT |
18/05/1950 | Broken up |
Comments: | 18/05/1950: Arrived at Milford Haven for breaking up by TW Ward Ltd |
Above photo as GENERAL SMUTS is courtesy of Photoship