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Name Official number Flag IMO
INDEFATIGABLE    GBR   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1944  08/12/1942  03/05/1944 
Vessel type Vessel description
Naval   Steel Screw Steamer  
Builder Yard Yard no
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank Clydebank  565 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
 /  / 23825 st 32624 d fl 766 ft 7 in  96 ft    29 ft 
Engine builder John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank
Engine detail
Parsons turbines supplied by 8 Admiralty 3-drum boilers driving quadruple screws 148000shp, 32 knots max. 

First owner First port of register Registration date
Royal Navy     
Other names
 
Subsequent owner and registration history
 
Vessel history
Home and British Pacific fleets.
Training ship from 1950.
Decommissioned approx.1953 after taking part in Coronation Fleet Review.  
Remarks
 
End year Fate / Status
1956  Broken Up 04/11/1956 
Disposal Detail
Arrived at Dalmuir November 4th 1956 for initial demolition. Her hull was subsequently towed to Troon for final breaking up. 
 

 

State Library of Victoria, Green collection
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Indefatigable
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Indefatigable 1953
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Indefatigable
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