April's mystery ship

摘要

The April mystery ship is the collier Cliff Quay, which was named after the coal-fired power station located in Ipswich, Suffolk (which was decommissioned in 1985). The ship was built by William Pickersgill, Sunderland (yard no.319) for the British Electrical Authority, London. Completed in June 1950, she was of 3,357 tons gross, 1,763 tons net, measured 339ft by 46ft by 20ft, and she was fitted with a three-cylinder steam triple expansion engine built by the North Eastern Marine Eng Co (1938) Ltd Sunderland.