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Name: ELMINA PALM
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 17/12/1956
Completed: 04/1957
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1932
Dimensions: 5356grt, 2661nrt, 8088dwt, 455.0 x 60.3 x 23.5ft
Engines: Oil engine, Doxford type, 2SA, 4cyl (670 x 2320mm), 4500bhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 14.0knots
Reg Number: 187160
History:
12/04/1957 Palm Line Ltd, Liverpool
1977 Trans Mediterranean Co Ltd, Piraeus; renamed CYPRUS SKY
1978 Tempest Bay Shipping Co, Monrovia
1978 Transways Navigation Co Ltd, Limassol; renamed EASTERN SKY
1978 Ultramaritime Co Ltd, Limassol; renamed EUROPEAN LIBERTY
21/12/1981 Broken up
Comments: 21/12/1981: Arrived at Gadani Beach for breaking by Epasco Industries Ltd


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