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Name: BRISTOL CITY
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 23/04/1959
Completed: 08/1959
Builder: John Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 600
Dimensions: 5887grt, 3230nrt, 459.5 x 59.3 x 25.1ft
Engines: 2 x Steam turbines, 4500shp
Engines by: Parsons Marine Turbine Company, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 14.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 301558
History:
08/1959 Bristol City Line of Steamships (Charles Hill & Sons), Bristol
1970 Gemini Compania Nav SA, Piraeus; renamed AGELOS GABRIEL
03/04/1980 Broken up
Comments: 03/04/1980: Arrived at Svati Kajo, Split, to be broken up
04/1980: Broken up by Brodospas


Above photo as BRISTOL CITY is copyright of the Evening Chronicle

Above photo as BRISTOL CITY is copyright of Chris Howell

Above photo as BRISTOL CITY is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield

Above photo as AGELOS GABRIEL is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield

Above photo as AGELOS GABRIEL is courtesy of Richard Cox