Lamport & Holt Lamport & Holts'  S.S. "Romney" 2  
       
  Built: Cammell Laird & Company Ltd., Birkenhead  
Dimensions: 470 x 63.4 x 28.3 feet
  Tonnage: Gross: 8237 Net: 4980  
  Propulsion: 2 x Steam Turbine, 8,250 bhp by builder  
  Type: Cargo Liner  
  Completed: 5/1952 as Romney for Lamport & Holt Line Ltd.  
  Sold: 2/10/1978 to Shipbreaking Industries, Faslane  
       
  Sister ships: Raeburn 2   &  Raphael 2  
     
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  Postcard of S.S. Romney  
     
 

The Romney was Lamport & Holts last steamship to be built (her sisters were motorships) and acted as the Company flagship for almost 25 years. Apart from six summer voyages she made 1957-58 she spent her entire career on the River Plate Service to Buenos Aires.

 
   
  Romney ~ Painting by Wallace Trickett  
     
  See: Romney 3  
     
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