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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