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Name: CITY OF LONDON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 02/08/1946
Completed: 05/1947
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1719
Dimensions: 8434grt, 4220nrt, 478.9 x 64.3 x 32.9ft
Engines: 6 x steam turbines, 2 x (HP, IP & LP), 9000shp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 16.0knots
Reg Number: 181612
History:
23/04/1947 Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co Ltd, London
1966 Somia Cia Maritima SA (M Scufalos), Piraeus; renamed SANDRA N
25/02/1969 Broken up
Comments: 30/12/1968: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up
25/02/1969: Breaking up commenced by Lie Chou Steel Co


Above photo is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield

Above photo is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield

Above photo is copyright of the Ship Society of South Africa

Above photo is copyright of the Ship Society of South Africa