History | |
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Name | MV Gloucester (1941) |
Owner | 1941–1966: New Zealand Shipping Company |
Operator | 1941–1966: New Zealand Shipping Company |
Port of registry | |
Builder | Alexander Stephen and Sons |
Yard number | 575 |
Launched | 12 March 1941 |
Out of service | 1966 |
Fate | Scrapped 1966 in Kaohsiung |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 8,532 GRT |
Length | 450 ft (140 m) |
Beam | 60 ft (18 m) |
Speed | 15 Knots |
MV Gloucester (1941) was a cargo vessel operated by the New Zealand Shipping Company from 1941 to 1966. It was mainly intended to transport fruit from New Zealand to the United Kingdom.[1]
The ship was included in several of the North Atlantic convoys between America, Canada and Great Britain.
In 1966 she was sold to Greece and renamed Consulate and scrapped shortly afterwards.