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ISLE OF ELY - IMO 5164980
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1,492 grt; 944 dwt; 44 teu
Operator: British Railways Board, Harwich.
Built: 1958 by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole. Yard no 512.
Main engine: eight-cylinder, four-stroke Ruston & Hornsby 8VOX of 2,150 bhp at 435 rpm. Speed: 15 knots.
Built as general cargo ship 866 grt; 905 dwt.
1968-converted to containership; 1978-sold/renamed SPICE ISLAND; 1979-SPICE ISLAND GIRL (Panama flag); 1986-to breakers at Bruges, Belgium 31/2.
Photo: Harwich Parkeston Quay 5/5/1969.
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- Isle Of Ely (Until 1978)
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Containerships built before 1971 - 3 photos
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And she is loaded to full capacity with 13 TEU on deck
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Nice memory of when Parkeston Quay was a busy place. We used to push those Freightliner wagons round the quay, sometimes we hit an idiot who had parked on the railway lines!
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Derek
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