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Name: CEYLON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 28/07/1911
Completed: 09/1911
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 445
Dimensions: 5235grt, 3267nrt, 425.0 x 54.1 x 26.9ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 45 & 75 x 51ins), 581nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a; (1950: 191482)
History:
09/1911 A/B Svenska Ostasiatiska Kompaniet, Gothenburg
1950 The Concordia Steamship Co Ltd (Wheelock, Marden & Co Ltd), Hong Kong
1950 Renamed CORDA
1951 Dai-Ichi Kisen KK, Kobe; renamed ORIENT MARU
11/1962 Broken up
Comments: 11/1962: Broken up at Onomichi, work began 22/11/1962


Above photo is courtesy of Bernt Fogelberg

Above photo is courtesy of Bernt Fogelberg

Above photo is courtesy of Bernt Fogelberg

Above photo is copyright of Sjöhistoriska museet

Above photo is copyright of Sjöhistoriska museet