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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