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Name: BARON OGILVY
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 12/04/1956
Completed: 07/1956
Builder: John Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 588
Dimensions: 5471grt, 2800nrt, 456.7 x 57.6 x 25.9ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 42 & 70 x 45ins) + LP turbine, 3350ihp
Engines by: John Readhead & Sons Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 180210
History:
20/07/1956 Hogarth Shipping Co Ltd (H Hogarth & Sons Ltd), Ardrossan
1963 Comercio Cia Nav SA, Monrovia; renamed ROMEO
1967 Santa Anastassia Cia Nav SA, Piraeus; renamed AGHIA ANASTASIA
06/09/1969 Sank
Comments: 01/09/1969: Abandoned in the Indian ocean, 1400 miles SE of Mauritius, leaking
On a voyage from Port Pirie to the Bristol Channel with a cargo of concentrates
06/09/1989: Last sighted 100 miles further eastwards and presumed foundered


Above photo as BARON OGILVY is courtesy of Clive Ketley

Above photo as BARON OGILVY is copyright of J Clarkson

Above photo as BARON OGILVY is courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo as BARON OGILVY is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield

Above photo as AGHIA ANASTASIA is courtesy of the Allen Collection