| Name: | GOTHIC |
| Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 12/12/1947 |
| Completed: | 12/1948 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1759 |
| Dimensions: | 15902grt, 9115nrt, 11350dwt, 561.0 x 72.2 x 29.7ft |
| Engines: | 6 x Steam turbines, 4008nhp, 14000shp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 17.0knots |
| Reg Number: | 182351 |
| History: | |
| 09/12/1948 | Shaw, Savill & Albion Co Ltd, Southampton |
| 13/08/1969 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Built for UK to New Zealand via Panama Canal service |
| Accommodation for 85 x 1st Class passengers | |
| 1952: Refitted at Cammell Laird to become the Royal Yacht for a tour of Australia and | |
| New Zealand. The tour was cancelled due to the death of King George VI. | |
| However considerable work had already been completed and she returned in 1953 to complete the refit, which included a white-painted hull. | |
| She was then used for Queen Elizabeth II's coronation world tour in 1954. | |
| 01/08/1968: Serious fire around the bridge area. 7 people died in the fire | |
| She was on her way from Wellington to Panama and returned to Wellington | |
| 13/08/1969: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up by China Steel Corp |
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