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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