Jason 1950

TYNE BUILT SHIPS

A history of Tyne shipbuilders and the ships that they built

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Name:	JASON
Type:	Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched:	09/06/1949
Completed:	01/1950
Builder:	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard:	Wallsend
Yard Number:	1775
Dimensions:	10160grt, 5936nrt, 11320dwt, 522.5 x 69.3 x 34.7ft
Engines:	3 x Steam turbines (HP, IP & LP), 15000shp
Engines by:	Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion:	1 x Screw, 18.0knots
Reg Number:	183759
History:
27/01/1950	China Mutual Steam Navigation Co Ltd (A Holt & Co Ltd), Liverpool
19/03/1972	Broken up

Comments:	19/03/1972: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up
	Broken up by Jui Feng Steel Corp