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PORT VINDEX |
Company: Port Line 10,480 tons 524'x 68' Spd.:16 knots Motorship,twin screw 11,000hp Built Tyne[Swan Hunter] Laid down as Port Line cargo liner,but completed in 1943 as H.M.S. VINDEX,escort-type aircraft carrier.Served on Russian covoys,and in Nort Atlantic ans Far East. Returned to Port Line in 1947 and rebuilt as cargoliner PORT VINDEX[as shown],entering commercial service in 1949 Trade Britain to Australia & New Zealand 538,000 cu.ft. regrigerated space 12 passengers Scrapped 1971 Sister: PORT VICTOR[completed as aircraft carrier NAIRANA 1944, rebuilt as cargo liner 1949],scrapped 1971 Courtesy/°©A.Duncan |
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Added on | 26/04/2007 |
Dimension | 800 x 509 |
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