MV Northumberland (1955)

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

History
NameNorthumberland
OwnerFederal Steam Navigation Company London[1]
OperatorP&O[1]
BuilderJohn Brown & Company[1]
Yard number676
Launched7 May 1955
IdentificationIMO number5257684
FateScrapped in Hong Kong by Leung Yau Shipbreaking Co Ltd 1978 [1]
General characteristics
TypeReefer
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]

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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m 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