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The ship was 427 feet 1 inch (130.18 m) long, with a beam of 57 feet 0 inches (17.37 m) and a depth of 35 feet 4 inches (10.77 m). She had a GRT of 7,130 and a NRT of 4,860. She was propelled by a two-stroke, single cycle single action
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180352. Her port of registry was
Burntisland. In 1946, she was sold to McCowan & Gross Ltd,
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cargo. The unsmoked cigarettes were declared on arrival at
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on 25 August. Following pumping out, she was towed to
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85:Ministry of War Transport (1945–46)
333:, serving until scrapped in 1968.
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639:. Plimsoll Ship Data
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347:Burntisland
337:Description
310:Derrycunihy
237:4,860
231:7,130
177:Yard number
53:Derrycunihy
1219:1945 ships
1213:Categories
1164:Tijgerhaai
1009:Fechenheim
948:Shiun Maru
927:Shipwrecks
876:Ocean ship
862:See also:
556:References
474:cigarettes
451:Copenhagen
295:cargo ship
279:Propulsion
1100:USS
1089:HMS
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967:HMS
872:Park ship
864:Fort ship
660:The Times
494:Broad Bay
471:duty-free
443:Stromness
193:Completed
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546:Shanghai
538:Lebanese
522:Parkgate
518:Argobeam
510:£7 7s 3d
486:Argobeam
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320:Parkgate
315:Argobeam
303:for the
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185:Launched
104:Operator
65:Parkgate
59:Argobeam
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1059:Daytona
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542:Panagos
530:Panagos
502:Salveda
482:Denmark
463:Salveda
459:Hamburg
455:Denmark
432:Salveda
393:History
384:⁄
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330:Panagos
226:Tonnage
167:Builder
71:Panagos
36:History
18:Panagos
1174:Joyita
1162:HNLMS
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534:Greece
526:Panama
410:London
325:Panama
247:Length
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762:Co–Cy
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637:(PDF)
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345:Ltd,
263:Depth
80:Owner
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685:2010
645:2010
617:2010
586:ISBN
514:duty
351:Fife
255:Beam
213:Fate
41:Name
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