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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
BIAFRA |
143285 |
GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1919 |
29/04/1919 |
12/06/1919 |
Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Cargo General
| Steel Screw Steamer 2 Masts |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
Harland & Wolff Ltd, Greenock |
Westburn Yard |
570 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
5327 grt / 3298 nrt / |
400.4 ft |
52.3 ft |
28.5 ft |
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Engine builder |
Harland & Wolff Ltd., Glasgow |
Engine detail |
1-screw, T3cyl (27, 44, 73 x 48in), 517nhp, 11 knots |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
African Steam Ship Co. - Elder, Dempster & Co. Ltd., London |
London |
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Other names |
1951 GEORGE -1956 UNITY - 1957 MAHFUZ - 1958 SPETSAI STAR |
Subsequent owner and registration history |
1933 Elder Dempster Lines Ltd., Liverpool 1951 Meiridian Shipping Co. S.A., Panama 1956 Unity Cia. Nav. S.A., Panama 1957 Linea Adriatico Gulfo Persa, Panama 1958 Cia Maritima di Isola Spetsai S.A., Panama |
Vessel history |
Laid down by Shipping Controller as WAR DAHLIA. Slip 4. |
Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
1959 |
Broken Up 06/04/1959 |
Disposal Detail |
Arrived for breaking by Okushoji K.K., Osaka. |
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