Name: | AGE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 16/06/1936 |
Completed: | 08/1936 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 606 |
Dimensions: | 4734grt, 2650nrt, 376.1 x 52.7 x 23.4ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22, 37 & 63 x 45ins), 409nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 157637 |
History: | |
20/10/1936 | Australian Steamships Pty Ltd (Howard Smith Ltd), Sydney NSW |
1964 | Howard Smith Industries Pty Ltd, Sydney NSW |
1969 | Hai Sen Navigation Ltd, Panama; renamed COLLIN ROSE |
1969 | Collin Navigation Co SA, Panama |
17/10/1970 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 1954: Converted from coal to oil fuel |
17/10/1970: Wrecked in a typhoon in Paluan Bay, Mindoro Island | |
On a voyage from Manila to Dumai with a cargo of cement | |
Wreck broke into three parts prior to 20/10/1970 |
Above photo as AGE is copyright of Allan Green
Above photo as AGE is copyright of Allan Green
Above photo as AGE is courtesy of Kevin Blair