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Name: PORT LYTTELTON
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 10/09/1946
Completed: 03/1947
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 685
Dimensions: 7413grt, 4310nrt, 487.9 x 63.7 x 28.4ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, Doxford type, 6cyl (670 x 2320mm), 1321mn
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 15.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 181590
History:
19/03/1947 Port Line Ltd, London
07/06/1972 Broken up
Comments: 07/06/1972: Arrived at Faslane for breaking up by Shipbreaking Industries Ltd


Above photo is courtesy of George Carr

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