Houston City (3)
Built in 1963 by W.Doxford & Sons at Pallion, for Leeds Sg.Co., Ltd., Bideford
10089 gt: LBP 143.6m: Beam 20.5m: Service speed 15.5kts.
| 1963 | Houston City, Leeds Sg.Co.,Ltd., Bideford. |
| 1972 | Maria Elisa, Brandts Fourth Leasing Ltd., Bideford. |
| 1977 | Maria Elisa,Venus Ltd., Bideford. |
| 1980 | Alpac Africa, Hi Star Sg. Co. Ltd., Hong Kong. |
| 1984 | Broken up Shanghai. |
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Houston City - 1963 - 1972. Yard No. 854. This photograph shows vessel arriving off Avonmouth 3rd March 1966. Copyright © Malcolm Cranfield |
The Cardiff City and Houston City were built by Wm Doxford at their Pallion Yard Sunderland in 1962/3 and had 4 cylinder P type Doxford engines. They had quite a few problems with top end bearings in their early life.
Houston City. Page [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Memories from RSL staff. Page No. [1] [2]