Koopvaardijschepen en Coasters verleden

[Tina]

BERGERAC 1955
Olsen-Norway
3,607 Tons
346'x 48'
15 Knots Motorship
Built Moss V&D #128
Trade:Norway to Mediterranean
Refriferated and electrically ventilated.
1975 Became TENORGA[Cyprus]
foundered 41.09.34N/8.42.20W 28.12.78 (21*)[Antwerp-Bone, steel]

©W.T.Hubbard

[Tina]

OCEAN HOPE/BIALYSTOK 1942
7,200 Tons[10,000 Tons DWT]
11 Knots Triple expansion Single screw
441'X 57'
Built: Portland-Maine #7 Welded construction
Wartime standard type
One of 60 "Oceans" built for Britain in U.S
Canadian-built "Forts"and Parks",
of which 349 were constructed,were virtually identical[see GATINEAU PARK 1942]
Sisters included OCEAN GLORY of 1942
Taken over by Polish Ocean Lines and renamed BIALYSTOK[as shown]

©Real Photographes Co. Ltd.

[Tina]

BOGOTA 1956
East Asiatic[Danish]
8,800 Tons 498'X 64'
17½ Knots Motorvessel Single screw
Built Copenhagen[B&W]#743
Trade:Europe to Far East
An early example of the engines-aft
trend in general cargo liners which became
popular in the late fifties.
1977 Became FALCON GLORY[Falcon Line-Nigeria]
1979[28-02] Grounded at Port Harcourt

©Marine Photos

[Tina]

BIRKALAND 1935
Brostrom-Sweden
2,700 Tons
353'x 50'
14 Knots Motorship Single screw
Built Gothenburg[Eriksberg]
Trade:Gothenburg to near East
Rounded bridge front

©A.Duncan

[Tina]

BRUNO 1948
Cie:Olsen-Norway
Built Landskrona[Oresundvarvet]
Cargo Liner Canary Islands service
10 passengers
3,670 Tons
366' x 53'
17 knots
Motorship Single screw
1975 MALDIVE SKIPPER
BU Gadani Beach 18.12.79 [Abbas Steel Industries Ltd]
Sister:
BENCOMO 1950
©WSS

[Tina]

BUCHENSTEIN 1958
Cie:Norddeutscher Lloyd
IMO: 5054575
6,112 tons[8,565 tons D.W.]
482'X 65'
18 knots motorship Single Screw
Built: Bremer Vulkan
Trade: Germany to West Coast of South America
12 passengers
1981 Became SAUDI ROSE[Saudi Arabia]
BU Qingdao 1984

[Tina]

IMO: 5054757
Year: 1956
Name: BUENOS AIRES MARU
Type: Cargo ship (ref)
Launch Date: 31.1.56
Flag: JPN
Date of completion: 3.56
Tons: 8700
DWT: 11350
Yard No: 874
Length overall: 150.5
LPP: 140.0
Country of build: JPN
Beam: 19.3
Builder: Mitsubishi
Location of yard: Kobe
Number of
screws/Mchy/
Speed(kn): 1D-16
End: 1979
BU Sakaide 11.5.79 [Kawasaki H.I.]

©Okamura Prints

[Tina]

IMO: 5054771
Year: 1953
Name: BUFFALO
Cie:Olsen-Norway
Type: Cargo ship (ref)
Launch Date: 14.10.52
Flag: NOR
Date of completion: 1.53
Tons: 6963
DWT: 9400
Yard No: 495
Length overall: 154.8
LPP: 142.0
Country of build: NOR
Beam: 19.2
Builder: Akers MV
Location of yard: Oslo
Number of
screws/Mchy/
Speed(kn): 1D-16.5
132,000 cu.ft.refrigerated space
12 passengers
Trade:Europe to North Pacific
End: 1978
1970 Became ROSSEVERETT

BU Shanghai 11.78

©WSS

[Tina]

CAP BLANCO 1955
Cie:HAMBURG SOUTH AMERICA
5,929 tons
499'x 62'
17 knots Motorship Single screw
Built:Lubeck[Flender]
Trade:Hamburg to South America
12 passengers
1971 became DRYMAKOS
1976 became OREI[Orei Spg.,Greece]
Scrapped 1979
Sister:
CAP FRIO 1955 > 1971 KARPATHOS[Afromar-Liberia]
©Real Phoytographs Co.Ltd.

[Tina]

CAPE SABLE 1936
Cie:Lyle Shipping Co.Ltd.
4,398 tons
375'x 53' Triple expansion
Built:Clyde[lithgows]
Ocean going tramp
1939 Taken over by Royal Navy and converted into anti-submarine "Q"ship.Renamed CYPRUS
1941 Commissioned as armed merchant cruiser
1942 Returned to commercial service under M.O.W.TRANSPORT
1946 Returned to Lyle's
1958 became EASTERN VENTURE[Pan Norse,Panama]
©Skyfotos Ltd

[Tina]

CITTA DI SIRACUSA 1953 seen in Valletta Harbour-Malta
Company: Tirrenia
1,847 tons
275' x 38'
13 knots Motorship Single screw
Built Breda
1946 launched as FRANCESCA
1953 renamed CITTA DI SIRACUSA-as shown
Trade: Mediterrenean Services
25 passengers
Courtesy/© A.Duncan
In the background seen the CATANIAN 1956 of Ellerman

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CITY OF AGRA 1936
Cie:Ellerman
6,361 tons 461'x 56'
13½ knots Turbine Single screw
Built:Clyde[Denny]
Type:Cargo liner
Trade:Served on most of Ellerman group's regular services.
Scrapped 1965

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CITY OF OXFORD 1948
Cie:Ellerman
7,593 tons[10,862 d.w.]
480'x 61'
15½ knots Turbine Single screw
Built:Clydebank
Trade: Britain to India
12 passengers
1975 Became UNION ARABIA[Saudi Arabian Govt.]
Scrapped 1978
©Marine Photos

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CITY OF WELLINGTON 1956
Cie:Ellerman
7,701 tons 470'[505 o.a.] x 66'
Motorship Single screw
Built:Birkenhead[Cmmell Laird]
Type:Cargo ship

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IDNo: 5174210 Year: 1955
Name: JOHN ORWELL PHILLIPS
Type: Cargo ship
Flag: GBR
Tons: 3391
DWT: 4550
Length overall: 103.3
LPP: 97.5 Country of build: GBR
Beam: 14.2 Builder: Pickersgill
Location of yard: Southwick
Number ofscrews/Mchy/Speed(kn): 1T-10.5
End: 1971
Subsequent History:
68 AGIOS FANOURIOS
Disposal Data:
collision 54.31N/11.24E 16.4.71 & BU Sarpsborg 16.8.71