News EventTuesday, May 3, 1960 @ 1230 |
YORKSHIRE (1960-1963 and 1964-1971 General cargo ship 500 feet long of Bibby Line, Liverpool) |
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YORKSHIRE launched at Fairfield Shipyard, Glasgow for Bibby Line, Liverpool |
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The YORKSHIRE, launched by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Glasgow, is the ninth they have built since the war for the Bibby Line of Liverpool. She has a raked stern, which the funnel, placed well forward on the superstructure, will match. Her carrying capacity is 10,000 tons and there is provision for grain carrying. YORKSHIRE has a Fairfield-Doxford six-cylinder diesel engine of the latest type and will have a service speed of 15 ½ knots |
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