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Name: MICHAEL C
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 26/03/1956
Completed: 07/1956
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1918
Dimensions: 8046grt, 4676nrt, 11180dwt, 465.8 x 60.3 x 39.0ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SA, Doxford type, 4cyl (670 x 2320mm), 4400bhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 13.5knots
Reg Number: n/a
History:
07/1956 Andria Maritima SA, Monrovia
1958 Talavera Cia Naviera SA, Monrovia
1962 Registered at Andros
1973 Geocostia Cia Financiera y Maritima SA, Piraeus; renamed THASSITIS
1975 Aris Shipping Enterprises Inc, Monrovia; renamed ARIS
1977 Registered at Piraeus
1978 Broken up
Comments: 05/1978: Broken up at Gadani Beach


Above photo as MICHAEL C is copyright of the City of Vancouver Archives, Walter Frost collection

Above photo as MICHAEL C is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as MICHAEL C is courtesy of Greek Shipping Miracle