Name: | PORT SYDNEY |
Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 29/10/1954 |
Completed: | 03/1955 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1827 |
Dimensions: | 10166grt, 5585nrt, 10950dwt, 532.9 x 70.3 x 28.9ft; (1975: 15833grt) |
Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 2SCSA, Doxford type, 6cyl (670 x 2320mm), 13200bhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 17.0knots |
Reg Number: | 186201 |
History: | |
03/03/1955 | Port Line Ltd, London |
1972 | Chion Shipping Co Ltd, Piraeus; renamed AKROTIRI EXPRESS |
1974 | Akrotiri Express Shipping Co (Carras Liner Services), Piraeus |
1974 | Renamed DAPHNE |
1976 | Delian Athina Cruises SA, Piraeus |
1984 | Independent Continental Lines Ltd (Transoceania Armec SpA), Panama |
1990 | Prestige Cruises NV, Monrovia |
1996 | Leisure Cruises SA, Switzerland; renamed SWITZERLAND |
2002 | Renamed OCEAN ODYSSEY |
2002 | Oceanic Cruising Corporation, Panama; renamed OCEAN MONARCH |
2008 | Golden Laurel Maritime Inc, Madeira; renamed PRINCESS DAPHNE |
13/05/2014 | Renamed DAPHNE |
05/2014 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1975: Converted to a cruise liner, 15833grt |
05/2014: Broken up at Alang |
Above photo as PORT SYDNEY is copyright of Keith Wood
Above photo as PORT SYDNEY is copyright of Chris Howell
Above photo as PORT SYDNEY is copyright of David Kirby
Above photo as PORT SYDNEY is copyright of Chris Howell
Above photo as AKROTIRI EXPRESS is copyright of Derek Longly
Above photo as DAPHNE is copyright of Rick Garcia
Above photo as SWITZERLAND is copyright of Chris Howell
Above photo as OCEAN MONARCH is copyright of Pedro Baptista
Above photo as OCEAN MONARCH is copyright of Nereo Castelli
Above photo as PRINCESS DAPHNE is copyright of Tomas Astberg-Jacobsen