MV Northumberland (1955)

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History
NameNorthumberland
OwnerFederal Steam Navigation Company London [1]
Operator P&O [1]
Builder John Brown & Company [1]
Yard number676
Launched7 May 1955
Identification IMO number:  5257684
Fate Scrapped in Hong Kong by Leung Yau Shipbreaking Co Ltd 1978 [1]
General characteristics
Type Reefer
Tonnage10,335  GT, 5,698  NT, 10,606  DWT [1]
Length470 feet (140 m) [1]
Beam64 feet 9 inches (19.74 m) [1]
Draught28 feet 9 inches (8.76 m) [1]
Installed power9,000 brake horsepower (6,700 kW) [1]
Propulsion2 x 10 cylinder (580 x 760 mm) 2SCSA Sulzer oil engines, driving a single shaft [1]
Speed16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) [1]

MV Northumberland was a refrigerated cargo liner built in 1955 and scrapped in 1978.

She was built in 1955 for the New Zealand Shipping Company by John Brown & Co. in Clydebank, Scotland. [1] It was later sold to P&O; then later to a Panamanian company under the name of Kavo Astrapi; and finally to Guan Guan Shipping in Singapore as Golden City. [1] It was scrapped in 1978 in Hong Kong. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Cameron, Stuart. "m v NORTHUMBERLAND". Clydebuilt Ships Database. Archived from the original on 18 December 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. "Paintings by Wallace Trickett of New Zealand: MV Northumberland". Blue Star on the Web. Retrieved 14 November 2014.Includes painting of the ship