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ss. RIVER GLENELG

 


Official Number Date Builder Tonnage L B D Fate
156017 1944 BHP shipyard Whyalla 4982 449.2 56.8 24.7 Broken up at Tsuneishi 1963

 

4,982 gross tons. 2,689 net. Lbd: 449'2" x 56'8" x 24'7". (137x17.3 m) Built by BHP shipyard Whyalla, South Australia for the Australian Government with Howard Smith Ltd as managers. October 1947 transferred to the Australian Shipping Board. March 1957 transferred to the Australia National Line. Sold Oct 1960 to Hang Fung Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd., Hong Kong, and was renamed Bai Feng. Then sold through Manners Navigation Co. Ltd. in January 1963 to Kawasaki Dockyard Co. Ltd for demolition at Tsuneishi

 

 

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