City of Durban 1954

TYNE BUILT SHIPS

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Name:	CITY OF DURBAN
Type:	Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched:	28/05/1953
Completed:	05/1954
Builder:	Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd
Yard:	High Walker
Yard Number:	123
Dimensions:	13345grt, 7523nrt, 11400dwt, 541.0 x 71.2 x 28.5ft
Engines:	2 x Oil engines, 2SCSA, Doxford type, 6cyl (670 x 2320mm), 12650bhp
Engines by:	R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion:	2 x Screws, 17.0knots
Construction:	Steel
Reg Number:	186042
History:
06/05/1954	Ellerman Lines Ltd (Ellerman & Bucknall SS Co Ltd), London
1971	Mundial Armadora SA, Piraeus; renamed MEDITERRANEAN DOLPHIN
20/03/1974	Broken up

Comments:	Sisters CITY OF PORT ELIZABETH, CITY OF EXETER, CITY OF YORK & CITY OF DURBAN
	Built for the London, Las Palmas, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London,
	Durban, Lourenco Marques (now Maputo) and Beira service
	Accommodation for 107 x 1st Class passengers
	30/03/1974: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up by Tai Kien Industry Co Ltd

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