Name: | ALVENUS |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 02/08/1956 |
Completed: | 01/1957 |
Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders) Ltd |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 141 |
Dimensions: | 21468grt, 13214nrt, 32682dwt, 662.9 x 87.0 x 34.7ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 15500shp |
Engines by: | Vickers-Armstrongs (Engineering) Ltd, Barrow in Furness |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 15.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
01/1957 | Alvion Steamship Corporation, Panama |
1965 | Alvenus Steamship Corporation, Liberia |
1970 | Don Shipping Co, Piraeus; renamed TRADER |
11/06/1972 | Sank |
Comments: | 11/06/1972: Foundered between Malta & Crete in position 36.20N – 19.43E |
On a voyage from Batum to Cagliari with a cargo of fuel oil |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship