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ss FRANCONIA
built by John Brown Clydebank,
Yard No 492 Engines by Shipbuilder
Port of Registry: Liverpool
Propulsion: Steam turbine, twin screws, 13500shp
Launched: Saturday, 21/10/1922
Built: 1923
Ship Type: Passenger Vessel
Ship's Role: N.Atlantic and cruising
Tonnage: 20155 grt
Length: 624 feet
Breadth: 73 feet
Owner History:
Cunard Steam-Ship Company, Liverpool
1934 Cunard-White Star Ltd., Liverpool
1950 Cunard Steam-Ship Co., Liverpool
Status: Arrived for Scrapping - 18/12/1956
Web site: http://www.greatships.net/franconia2.html
Remarks: Churchill/s HQ Yalta 1945.Scrapped Inverkeithing Scotland
Additional data by Bruce Biddulph
Photo supplied by above web page
Previous update by Paul Strathdee
Last updated: by George Robinson from the original records by Stuart Cameron
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