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Launched 1947: ss ORMARA
ss ORMARA
ss ORMARA
ss ORMARA
built by William Denny & Brothers Dumbarton,
Yard No 1401
Engines by Shipbuilder
Last Name: ADRI XIII (1962)
Previous Names: NEPTUNE FIR (1962)
Propulsion: Steam triple expansion and LP turbine
Launched: Thursday, 20/02/1947
Built: 1947
Ship Type: Cargo Vessel
Tonnage: 5417 grt
Length: 441.5 feet
Breadth: 57.5 feet
Owner History:
British India Steam Navigation Company Glasgow & London
Status: Scrapped - 20/12/1970

Remarks:
Intended 1956 experimently conversion to gas turbine propulsion but project cancelled 1958.
Broken up at Kaohsiung

Thanks to Bruce Biddulph for details
Additional data by Colin Campbell & Ian Buxton
Photo supplied by Builders
Previous update by Paul Strathdee
Previous update by George Robinson

Last updated: by David Asprey from the original records by Stuart Cameron


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