FURNESS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LTD., HAVERTON HILL

Name CITY OF PHILADELPHIA
Type Cargo liner
Yard Number 423
Launched 12/07/1949
Completed 12/1949
Off. Number 183775
Engine builder Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company, Wallsend
Engine type 3 steam turbines
GRT 7591
Length (feet) 485
Beam (feet) 62
First owner Ellerman Lines Ltd. (Hall Line), Liverpool
   
History 1967 KAPTASPYRO, Marbrave Cia. Nav. S.A., Greece
  1970 SPYRO, Spyros Shipping Co. Ltd., Cyprus
   
Fate 04/03/1971 arrived at Whampoa for breaking.

Photo from Harold Appleyard

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