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Name: CITY OF PORT ELIZABETH
Type: Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 12/03/1952
Completed: 12/1952
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd
Yard: High Walker
Yard Number: 120
Dimensions: 13363grt, 7573nrt, 11350dwt, 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: 184740
History:
10/12/1952 Ellerman Lines Ltd (Ellerman & Bucknall SS Co Ltd), London
1971 Occidental Ultramar SA, Piraeus; renamed MEDITERRANEAN ISLAND
1975 Renamed MEDITERRANEAN SUN
1980 MA Karageorgis Lines Corporation, Cyprus
03/06/1980 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
03/06/1980: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up
1980: Broken up by Long Jong Industry Co


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