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Name: PORT HALIFAX
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 07/07/1937
Completed: 29/11/1937
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1539
Dimensions: 5820grt, 3351nrt, 440.1 x 59.0 x 25.8ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, Doxford type, 4cyl (26.38 x 91.25ins), 861mn, 4250bhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 14.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 165611
29/11/1937 Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd, London
1938 Port Line Ltd, London
1962 Olistim Navigation Co Ltd, Beirut; renamed ILENA
1967 Sanspyridon Shipping Co Ltd, Famagusta
15/02/1973 Broken up
Comments: 15/02/1973: Broken up at Istanbul


Above photo copyright of Allan Green

Above photo courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above photo courtesy of Brent Chambers

Above photo courtesy of Chris Howell

Above photo as ILENA copyright of Harold Appleyard