SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK
| Name | PORT ALFRED |
| Type | Cargo |
| Yard Number | 912 |
| Launched | 11/04/1930 |
| Completed | 05/1930 |
| Off. Number | 160730 |
| Engine builder | Shipbuilder |
| Engine type | T. 3cyl. |
| GRT | 4918 |
| Length (feet) | 336 |
| Beam (feet) | 60.2 |
| First owner | Anticosti Shipping Co., Middlesbrough / Montreal |
| History | 1933 BELDAGNY, Red. Beldagny (Christen Smith), Oslo |
| 1934 exhaust turbine added | |
| 1938 FOSS BECK, Foss Beck Shipping Co. (A. C. Lensen), London | |
| 11/1939 - 05/1946 Admiralty requisition as aircraft transport, from 04/1942 boom carrier | |
| 1940 Ministry of Shipping (North of Scotland, Orkney & Shetland S.N. Co.) | |
| 1940 Foss Beck Shipping Co. (A. C. Lensen), London | |
| 1946 ROY, A/S D/S Ask (Aug. Kjerland), Bergen | |
| Fate | 04/1960 broken up at Rotterdam (sold for breaking 04/1959) |
For a launch photo on the Redcar and Cleveland Museums website, click here.
PORT ALFRED as ROY
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