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 |
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