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SWIFT (1911)

Service dates: 1920-1929

Official number: 132632

Shipping lines: GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY

Ship type:


General Cargo Ship.


Career

26.08.1911
Launched.
02.11.1911
Completed as Swift for the General Steam Navigation Company Ltd.
12.02.1915
Renamed Deanswift at the requirement of the Admiralty.
04.06.1915
Name reverted to Swift.
31.10.1920
Takeover of the General Steam Navigation Company by The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company agreed.
1929
Sold to Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company and renamed Harlaw.
1946
Sold to Chinese owners and renamed Min Chih.
1947
Renamed Hai Yang.
1949
Sold to Panamanian owners and renamed Chepo.
1950
Renamed Hollina.
1953
Renamed El Brenon.
1959
Renamed Triumph.
28.08.1963
Arrived at Hong Kong for breaking up.


Ship technical details (PDF)