Name: | EMPIRE ANTIGUA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 20/11/1945 |
Completed: | 02/1946 |
Builder: | Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 12 |
Dimensions: | 7331grt, 5172nrt, 431.2 x 56.3 x 35.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 37 & 70 x 48ins), 635mn |
Engines by: | J Dickinson & Sons Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 169207 |
History: | |
02/1946 | Ministry of Transport (Dodd, Thomson & Co), Newcastle |
1946 | The South Georgia Co Ltd (Chr Salvesen & Co), Leith; renamed CULROSS |
1960 | Cia Naviera y de Comercio Apolo Ltda (Aegis Shipping), Piraeus |
1960 | Renamed AKASTOS |
1967 | Blue X Transocean Co Ltd (Ioannis Chiotakis), Famagusta; renamed MARINA |
04/08/1968 | Broken up |
Comments: | A standard ‘C’ type cargo ship, with larger hatches & heavier derricks than the 'B' type. |
04/08/1968: Arrived at Hamburg for breaking up by Eisen u.Metall KG |
Above photo as CULROSS courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as CULROSS courtesy of Richard Cox