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Name: PORT NAPIER
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 12/11/1946
Completed: 09/1947
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1749
Dimensions: 11879grt, 6824nrt, 559.5 x 70.3 x 30.6ft (*)
Engines: 2 x Oil engines, 2SCSA, Doxford type, 6cyl (670 x 2320mm), 2674hp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 17.0knots
Reg Number: 181707
History:
29/08/1947 Port Line Ltd, London
10/02/1970 Broken up
Comments: 10/02/1970: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up
Broken up by Nan Feng Steel Enterprise Co Ltd
(*) Dimensions are: Length OA, Extreme Breadth and Draft.


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