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mv CHESHIRE
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mv CHESHIRE
built by Fairfield Govan,
Yard No 620 Engines by Shipbuilder
Last Name: CHESHIRE
Previous Names: HMS CHESHIRE
Port of Registry: Liverpool
Propulsion: Oil Engines 2CSA 16cyl (28" x 39").
2 x Donkey boilers (1 located Aft, 1 located fwd) supplying steam at max pressure 120lbs.
Launched: Wednesday, 20/04/1927
Built: 1927
Ship Type: Passenger Vessel
Tonnage: 10550 grt
Length: 483.6 feet
Breadth: 60.3 feet
Draught: 31.8 feet
Owner History:
Bibby SS Co. (Bibby Bros.), Liverpool
1931 Bibby Line Ltd.
1939 The Admiralty
Status: Arrived for Scrapping - 11/07/1957
Remarks: Converted to troopship for WWII service.Restored to passenger ship 1948 but converted again for trooping 1953 before scrapping at Newport South Wales.
Previous update by Paul Strathdee
Photo supplied by Joe McMillan Collection
Previous update by Bruce Biddulph
Additional information Joe McMillan Collection & Lloyds Register 1950_51.
Previous update by Gavin Stewart
Last updated: by George Robinson from the original records by Stuart Cameron
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