Name: | UMTATA |
Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 01/09/1943 |
Completed: | 01/1944 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1740 |
Dimensions: | 7288grt, 3799nrt, 452.8 x 59.2 x 33.6ft |
Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (23.5, 38 & 64 x 39ins) + LP turbine, 1161nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 14.5knots |
Reg Number: | 169720 |
History: | |
04/01/1944 | Bullard, King & Co Ltd, London |
1960 | Springbok Shipping Co Ltd, London; renamed KLIPBOK |
14/09/1961 | Broken up |
Comments: | Built for the London to East & South Africa service |
Accommodation for 24 x passengers | |
05/09/1961: Arrived at Yokosuka for breaking up | |
14/09/1961: Breaking up commenced |
Above photo is courtesy of the Ship Society of South Africa
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Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox