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Name: GLEN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 14/06/1935
Completed: 07/1935
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 598
Dimensions: 471grt, 234nrt, 165.2 x 27.1 x 10.4ft
Engines: Oil engine, 4SCSA, 7cyl (11 x 17.75ins), 82nhp
Engines by: Humboldt-Deutzmotoren AG, Koln-Deutz
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 161584
History:
07/1935 Tyne-Tees Steam Shipping Co Ltd, Newcastle
1946 Renamed BELGIAN COAST
1947 Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow; renamed LAIRDSROCK
1966 Pericles K Varvates & N Kavarnicoloau, Piraeus; renamed GIORGIS
1979 Co-ownership 'Lefteris D' (Thira Shipping), Piraeus; renamed LEFTERIS D
1980 Etna Maritime Co SA, Panama; renamed TENARON S
10/12/1980 Sank
Comments: 10/12/1980: Sank after stranding off Karpathos Island at 35.52N - 27.15E
On a voyage from an Italian port with a cargo of cigarettes


Above photo as LAIRDSROCK is courtesy of JA Pottinger

Above photo as LAIRDSROCK is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as LAIRDSROCK is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as LAIRDSROCK is copyright of Colin Campbell