Devonia
1962
(Albatros AL-210)
- Type: Passenger / troopship
- Displacement: 12,795 tons
- Dimensions: 517 x 63 x 24 ft.
- Machinery: Sulzer diesel, twin screw, 6,500 BHP = 15 knots
- Passengers: 1,020 (190 cabin class, 830 in dormitories)
- Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co Ltd, Glasgow,
Scotland, 1939
- Service: Built as Devonshire for Bibby Line, primarily for
trooping duties. Originally 11,275 GRT with accommodation for 104 first class, 90 second class, and 1,150 troops. First voyage as transport 11 Aug 1939. Refitted by builder 1953/54; 12,773 GRT, with accommodations for 130 first class, 96 second class, 99 third class, 824 troops. Sold to British India Jan 1962 for scholars' cruises and renamed Devonia. Refitted by Barclay, Curle & Co as shown here. Broken up at La Spezia 1967.
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