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Name: MEMNON
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 28/10/1958
Completed: 04/1959
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders) Ltd
Yard: High Walker
Yard Number: 166
Dimensions: 8504grt, 4873nrt, 9770dwt, 494.5 x 65.4 x 28.9ft
Engines: Oil engines, 2SCSA, B&W type, 6cyl (750 x 1500mm), 8800bhp
Engines by: Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 16.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 301299
History:
04/1959 China Mutual Steam Navigation Co Ltd (A Holt & Co), Liverpool
1975 Renamed STENTOR
1977 Elder Dempster Lines Ltd, Liverpool; renamed OWERRI
1978 Henlow Shipping Corporation, Piraeus; renamed EUROPE
1987 Maltese flag owners; renamed PRIMUS
05/02/1988 Broken up
Comments: 05/02/1988: Arrived at Alang for breaking up by Crown Steel Co


Above photo as MEMNON is copyright of the William T Barber Collection

Above photo as MEMNON is copyright of Keith Wood

Above photo of MEMNON on charter to Safmarine is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield

Above photo as STENTOR is copyright of the William T Barber Collection

Above photo as STENTOR is copyright of the William T Barber Collection

Above photo as STENTOR is copyright of Don Meehan