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Name: NEWMINSTER
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 03/06/1925
Completed: 07/1925
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 538
Dimensions: 967grt, 406nrt, 231.2 x 35.1 x 14.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (20, 31 & 53 x 36ins), 240nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 148131
History:
06/07/1925 Tyne-Tees Steam Shipping Co Ltd, Newcastle
1946 Renamed DORIAN COAST
1947 Eastern Navigation Co Ltd (Shariff Hassum & Co), Bombay; renamed AZADI
11/1951 Broken up
Comments: 11/1951: Broken up at Bombay


Above photo as NEWMINSTER is courtesy of Photoship