Name: | GLEN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 14/06/1935 |
Completed: | 07/1935 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 598 |
Dimensions: | 471grt, 234nrt, 165.2 x 27.1 x 10.4ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 4SCSA, 7cyl (11 x 17.75ins), 82nhp |
Engines by: | Humboldt-Deutzmotoren AG, Koln-Deutz |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 161584 |
History: | |
07/1935 | Tyne-Tees Steam Shipping Co Ltd, Newcastle |
1946 | Renamed BELGIAN COAST |
1947 | Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow; renamed LAIRDSROCK |
1966 | Pericles K Varvates & N Kavarnicoloau, Piraeus; renamed GIORGIS |
1979 | Co-ownership 'Lefteris D' (Thira Shipping), Piraeus; renamed LEFTERIS D |
1980 | Etna Maritime Co SA, Panama; renamed TENARON S |
10/12/1980 | Sank |
Comments: | 10/12/1980: Sank after stranding off Karpathos Island at 35.52N - 27.15E |
On a voyage from an Italian port with a cargo of cigarettes |
Above photo as LAIRDSROCK is courtesy of JA Pottinger
Above photo as LAIRDSROCK is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as LAIRDSROCK is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as LAIRDSROCK is copyright of Colin Campbell