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Name: LIDA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 26/08/1938
Completed: 10/1938
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1602
Dimensions: 1387grt, 771nrt, 242.9 x 38.7 x 16.1ft
Engines: C2cyl (17 & 34 x 28ins) & LP turbine, DR geared, 152nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
10/1938 Polish-British Steamship Co Ltd (Polish Steamship Agency Ltd, managers), Gdansk
1950 Government of Poland; renamed GLIWICE
No later history known
Comments: 1968: Hulked Poland


Photo as GLIWICE courtesy of Richard Cox