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Name: PATROCLUS
Type: Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 08/07/1949
Completed: 22/01/1950
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd
Yard: High Walker (Naval Yard)
Yard Number: 110
Dimensions: 11250dwt, 10110grt, 5859nrt, 515.7 x 68.3 x 30.6ft (LOA & Draft)
Engines: 3 x Steam turbines, DR geared
Engines by: Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, Barrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 18.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 183758; (IMO: 5271850)
History:
18/01/1950 China Mutual Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Liverpool
1972 Renamed PHILOCTETES
12/02/1973 Broken up
Comments: 12/02/1973: Arrived at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, for breaking up
Broken up by Chin Tai Steel Enterprise Co Ltd


Above photo as PATROCLUS is courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above photo as PATROCLUS is copyright of David Shackleton

Above photo as PATROCLUS is copyright of Trevor Jones

Above photo as PHILOCTETES is copyright of David Shackleton