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Name: PORT NEW PLYMOUTH
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 29/03/1960
Completed: 10/1960
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1899
Dimensions: 13085grt, 7218nrt, 13620dwt, 561.4 x 74.0 x 32.3ft
Engines: 2 x Oil engines, 2SCSA, Sulzer type, 6cyl (760 x 1550mm), 15600bhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 18.0knots
Reg Number: 301251
History:
03/1955 Port Line Ltd, London
1979 Tex Dilan Shipping Co Inc, Panama; renamed PLYMOUTH
03/10/1979 Broken up
Comments: 03/10/1979: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up by Chi Yeung Steel Enterprises Co


Above photo is courtesy of Chris Howell

Above photo is courtesy of Chris Howell

Above photo is courtesy of Chris Howell

Above photo is courtesy of Chris Howell