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Name: EL AMIRA FAWZIA
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 08/07/1929
Completed: 08/1929
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1346
Dimensions: 1881grt, 888nrt, 275.2 x 38.2 x 22.4ft
Engines: 2 x Q4cyl (17, 28, 32, 32 x 27ins), 2130ihp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 14.0knots
Reg Number: n/a
History:
08/1929 Government of Egypt - Coast Guard & Fisheries Admin, Alexandria
1952 Renamed EL QUSEIR
1967 Government of Egypt - Egyptian Army
No later history known
Comments: 1967: Transferred to the Egyptian Army as a transport vessel
Outfitted as a transport for 400 x soldiers and 40 x horses
Armed with 2 x 1 x 3pdr guns
1967: No longer listed in Lloyd's Register


Above photo as EL QUSEIR is copyright of Jane's Fighting Ships