 TSS Golfito
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Golfito |
| Owner | Elders and Fyffes |
| Operator | Elders and Fyffes |
| Route | Southampton or Avonmouth in England to Barbados, Trinidad and up to five ports in Jamaica (Kingston, Port Antonio, Montego Bay, Oracabessa and Bowdin) |
| Builder | Alexander Stephen and Sons |
| Launched | 6 October 1948 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1972 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger-cargo ship/banana boat |
| Tonnage | 8,687 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 448 feet (137 m) |
| Speed | 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h) |
TSS Golfito was a 8,687 GRT[1] passenger-carrying banana boat of the Fyffes Line, a fleet of ships owned and operated by the UK banana importer Elders and Fyffes Limited. She was 448 feet (137 m) long[2] and had a top speed of 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h)[1]
- ^ a b Harnack, Edwin P (1964) [1903]. All About Ships & Shipping (11th ed.). London: Faber and Faber. p. 497.
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