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Name: SHILLONG
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 09/06/1948
Completed: 03/1949
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 104
Dimensions: 8934grt, 4816nrt, 11105dwt, 522.0 x 67.3 x 29.7ft
Engines: 3 x Steam turbines (HP, IP & LP), 13000shp, 17.0knots
Engines by: Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, Barrow in Furness
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 17.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 182960
History:
28/02/1949 Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co, London
22/10/1957 Sank
Comments: 22/10/1957: Sank 120 miles S of Suez after a collision with PURFINA CONGO
On a voyage from Hamburg & London to Tsingtao carrying general cargo


Above photo is copyright of the World Ship Society