SS Príncipe Perfeito
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| History | |
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| Name |
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| Namesake | John II of Portugal, the Perfect Prince |
| Owner | Companhia Nacional de Navegação |
| Operator | Companhia Nacional de Navegação |
| Port of registry | Lisbon,  Portugal, H-476 |
| Builder | Swan Hunter |
| Launched | September 22, 1960 |
| Christened | September 22, 1960 |
| In service | June 27, 1961 |
| Out of service | June 2001 |
| Identification | IMO number: 5285045 |
| Fate | Broken up at Alang 2001 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 19,393 grt |
| Length | 586.5 feet (178.8 m) |
| Beam | 78.6 feet (24.0 m) |
| Draught | 25.5 feet (7.8 m) |
| Installed power | 2 Parsons steam turbines with 21,000 hp |
| Propulsion | 2 propellers |
| Speed | 20 knots |
| Capacity |
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| Crew | 320 |
| Notes | [1] |
SS Príncipe Perfeito was a passenger ship built in 1961 by Swan Hunter on the River Tyne. She first entered service for the Companhia Nacional de Navegação, often abbreviated as CNN.[2]
The first voyage of Príncipe Perfeito, which began in
On July 6, 1964, the Príncipe Perfeito transported the president of the Portuguese Republic,
During her service years with her original owners, the Principe Perfeito was generally used for passenger service or troop transport, making cruises only occasionally. During the 1960s, armed campaigns for independence in Portugal's African colonies (notably Guinea-Bissau, Angola and Mozambique) started, leading to demand for troopships as Portugal's government led by António de Oliveira Salazar attempted (unsuccessfully) to crush the insurrections.
In 1974, the CNN merged with three other major shipping companies,
That April she was sold to the Panamanian company
These plans never materialized and ownership of the vessel was passed on to the