Name: | ATLAS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 07/11/1957 |
Completed: | 02/1958 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 594 |
Dimensions: | 13500dwt, 9724grt, 5603nrt, 499.3 x 63.3.x 30.1ft (*) |
Engines: | Oil engine, 2SA, 6cyl (760 x 1550mm), 7800bhp |
Engines by: | Sulzer Brothers Ltd, Winterthur |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 16.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
02/1958 | Anax Shipping Co SA, Piraeus |
1973 | Sirikari Cia Nav SA, Piraeus; renamed KAPETAN XILAS |
1979 | Duenos Arabes Soc de RL, Puerto Cortes; renamed MOAJIL 5 |
1989 | Unknown owner, Panama; renamed BHOJANI II |
11/1989 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1980 to 1989: Trapped at Umm Qasr by the war between Iraq & Iran |
1989: Renamed BHOJANI II for delivery to breakers | |
25/11/1989: Arrived at Alang for breaking up by Rajeev Shipbreakers | |
(*) Dimensions are Length OA, Breadth Extreme, Draught Summer |
Above photo as ATLAS is copyright of Dr Allan Ryszka-Onions
Above photo as ATLAS is copyright of Malcom Cranfield
Above photo as ATLAS is copyright of Charlie Hill
Above photo as ATLAS is copyright of the City of Vancouver Archives, Walter E Frost collection
Above photo as ATLAS is courtesy of Greek Shipping Miracle
Above photo as MOAJIL 5 is copyright of Reinier Meuleman
Above photo as MOAJIL 5 is copyright of Reinier Meuleman