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Lormont (1930) Ship Fact Shee t SWIFT (1930) later LORMONT Base data at 11 November 1930. Compiled June 2009 * indicates entries changed during P&O Group service. Type General cargo ship P&O Group service 1930-1953 P&O Group status Owned by subsidiary company Former name(s) Registered owners*, General Steam Navigation Company Ltd managers* and operators* Builders Workman Clark (1928) Ltd Yard Belfast Country UK Yard number 521 Registry Official number 162503 Signal letters Call sign Classification society Lloyd’s Register Gross tonnage 936 grt Net tonnage 408 nrt Deadweight 1,120 tons Length 65.89m (216.2ft) Breadth 10.69m (35.1ft) Depth 3.68m (12.1ft) Draught 4.261m (13.9ft) Engines Triple-expansion steam engine Engine builders Workman Clark (1928) Ltd Works Belfast Country UK Power 950 hp Propulsion Single screw Speed 10.5 knots Passenger capacity Cargo capacity Crew Employment* Antwerp service GSN 314 1930/1111 SWIFT (1930) later LORMONT Career 07.10.1930: Launched. 11.11.1930: Completed as Swift for the General Steam Navigation Company Ltd. 19.05.1940: At Le Havre during the first major German air raid. She was requisitioned by the Navy the following day and sailed for Southampton with mails. 1943/1944: Refitted on the Mersey River for the Corps of Royal Engineers. 05.1944: Left for services at Cherbourg, Ostend, Antwerp (the first non-RN ship to enter the Scheldt) and Ghent. She was then fitted out on the Tyne for service in the Far East. 10.03.1948: Transferred to Moss Hutchison Line (also a P&O subsidiary company) and renamed Lormont . She served on their Mersey/ Bordeaux service. 1953: Sold to the Cyprus Merchant Shipping Co Ltd and renamed Silver Med . 1960: Renamed Silver King by her new Panamanian owners. 1965: Renamed South Sea . 1968: Renamed Eugenie 9 . 1968: Broken up at Hong Kong. - ends - GSN 314 1930/1111 .
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