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Name: PORT TOWNSVILLE
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 21/06/1951
Completed: 23/10/1951
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1809
Dimensions: 10790dwt, 8681grt, 4856nrt, 489.1 x 64.7 x 28.8ft (*)
Engines: Oil engine, 2SA, Doxford type, 6cyl (725 x 2250mm), 7500bhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 15.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 184519
23/10/1951 Port Line Ltd, London
07/1972 Broken up
Comments: 07/1972: Broken up by IM Varela Davalillo at Castellon, Spain
(*) Dimensions are: Length OA, Extreme Breadth and Draft


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