Port Sydney 1955

TYNE BUILT SHIPS

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Name:	PORT SYDNEY
Type:	Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched:	29/10/1954
Completed:	03/03/1955
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, Monrovia; renamed SWITZERLAND
2002	Majestic Cruises, Piraeus; 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:	1955: Accommodation for 12 x passengers
	1975: Converted to a cruise liner, 15833grt
	05/2014: Broken up at Alang