Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Tuesday, July 10, 1951 @ 1200
The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate 		KENYA (1951-1969 : a 273- Passenger / refrigerated cargo liner 540 feet 164.53m overall of British India Steam Navigation Company, London : 1969 scrapped in La Spezia, Italy)) Own Page

British India Line's new ship KENYA on Acceptance Trials in Firth of Clyde (Scotland, UK)
Ship's locationFirth of Clyde (Scotland, UK) Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Arrived fromBarclay, Curle & Co. Ltd., Clydeholm Shipyard, Glasgow (Scotland, UK)Net Tonnage8,042
Ships agentBarclay, Curle & Co. Ltd., Clydeholm Shipyard, Glasgow (Scotland, UK)Gross Tonnage14,437
Deadweght Tonnage9,720

At the start of her career with British India the KENYA had a black hull.   Later it was changed to white, possibly beacause it looked better and possibly because the white reflected the tropical / African sun's heat and made the vessel cooler.