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Name: TASSO
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/05/1945
Completed: 09/1945
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1822
Dimensions: 1648grt, 701nrt, 2081dwt, 295.2 x 40.2 x 17.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (19.5, 32 & 54 x 36ins), 337nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 180454
History:
09/1945 Ellerman's Wilson Line Ltd, Hull
1963 Chr M Sarlis & Co, Patras; renamed SOPHIA
14/08/1972 Broken up
Comments: 14/08/1972: Breaking commenced at Perama by Acatsakis-Paparidis


Above photos as TASSO courtesy of Stuart Smith