City of Auckland 1958

TYNE BUILT SHIPS

A history of Tyne shipbuilders and the ships that they built

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Name:	CITY OF AUCKLAND
Type:	Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched:	28/12/1956
Completed:	02/1958
Builder:	Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders) Ltd
Yard:	High Walker
Yard Number:	146
Dimensions:	8181grt, 4359nrt, 10345dwt, 507.2 x 67.0 x 28.0ft (*)
Engines:	Oil engine, 2SCSA, Doxford type, 6cyl (750 x 2500mm), 8000bhp
Engines by:	Vickers-Armstrongs (Engineering) Ltd, Barrow in Furness
Propulsion:	1 x Screw, 16.0knots
Construction:	Steel
Reg Number:	187724

History:
12/02/1958	Ellerman Lines Ltd, London
1978	Gulf Shipping Lines Ltd, London; renamed GULF FALCON
27/07/1983	Broken up

Comments:	27/07/1983: Broken up by SS Jain & Co at Bombay
	(*) Dimensions are Length (OA), Breadth Extreme & Draught summer

Above photo is copyright of Ken Lubi

Above photo, dated 04/06/1976, is copyright of Dennis Maccoy