Name: | PRÉSIDENT DE CAZALET |
Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 15/09/1947 |
Completed: | 06/1948 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1850 |
Dimensions: | 5227grt, 2620nrt, 2162dwt, 402.0 x 53.8 x 23.9ft |
Engines: | 6 x Steam turbines (2 groups of HP, IP & LP), SR geared, 10000shp |
Engines by: | CA Parsons & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 20.5knots |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
06/1948 | French Government (Cie de Navigation Mixte), Marseille |
1967 | Renamed MÉDITERRANÉE |
1971 | Constantine S Efthymiadis, Piraeus; renamed ARCADI |
1976 | Arkadi Shipping Co (CS Efthymiadis), Piraeus |
1980 | National Bank of Greece SA, Piraeus |
1985 | Broken up |
Comments: | Launched as EL KANTARA |
Accommodation for 95 x 1st, 226 x 2nd & 578 x 3rd Class passengers | |
Originally built with 2 x funnels which were streamlined into one in 1950's | |
1985: Broken up in Greece |
Above photo as PRÉSIDENT DE CAZALET is courtesy of Richard Turnwald
Above photo as PRÉSIDENT DE CAZALET is courtesy of Richard Turnwald
Above photo as ARCADI is courtesy of Greek Shipping Miracle