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PHILOMEL (1928)

Service dates: 1928-1961

Official number: 160377

Shipping lines: GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY

Ship type:


General Cargo Ship.


Career

14.01.1928
Launched.
02.03.1928
Completed as Groningen for the General Steam Navigation Company Ltd.
06.03.1958
Renamed Philomel but remained in company service.
25.05.1961
Sold to British Iron & Steel Corporation and broken up at Grays.


Ship technical details (PDF)