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Thursday 14 August 2014

Ecuadorian cargo ship Ciudad de Quito 1949-1985

Drawn by G.J. Frans Naerebout. Earlier published in Van Zee tot Zee

According to www.EllisIsland was she Venezuela-flagged, according Van Zee tot Zee was she Ecuador-flagged but www.shipbuildinghistory.com claims Colombia. Renamed Rio Guayas in 1979, then sold  and renamed Pichincha and finally broken up at Mamonal in 1985. Completed at the shipyard of Canadian Vickers Limited, Montreal, Canada with hull number 241 in November 1949 for account of Flota Mercanta Grancolombiana at Guayaquill to be used on the line Central America-North America. . Gross register tonnage 3.952 (Elllis Island)-4.300 tons (Van Zee tot Zee) and as dimensions 396’ (between perpendiculars) x 55‘. Horsepower 4.275 hp, one screw and a speed of 14,5-15 knots. Her crew numbered 51 men and original there was accommodation for 4 passengers.