MV Reina del Pacifico
Ocean liner of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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MV Reina del Pacifico was a 17,707 GRT ocean liner of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company. She was built in Northern Ireland in 1930–31 and sailed between Liverpool and the Pacific coast of South America until 1939. She served as a troop ship from 1939 until 1946. She returned to her civilian route in 1948 and was scrapped in 1958.
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Reina del Pacifico |
Namesake | Spanish for "Queen of the Pacific" |
Owner | Pacific Steam Navigation Co |
Port of registry | Liverpool |
Route | Liverpool – Bermuda – Caribbean – Panama Canal – Valparaíso |
Builder | Harland and Wolff, Belfast |
Yard number | 852 |
Launched | 23 September 1930 |
Completed | 24 March 1931 |
Maiden voyage | 9 April 1931 |
Out of service | 27 April 1958 |
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Fate | Scrapped 1958 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Tonnage | 17,707 GRT |
Length | |
Beam | 76.3 ft (23.3 m) |
Draught | 31 feet 2+3⁄4 inches (9.52 m) |
Depth | 37.8 ft (11.5 m) |
Installed power | |
Propulsion | 4-stroke diesel engines; 4 screws |
Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h) |
Capacity | 880 passengers (as built) |
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