Name: | HARPALYCUS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 26/09/1935 |
Completed: | 11/1935 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 597 |
Dimensions: | 5629grt, 3344nrt, 434.6 x 58.3 x 25.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23.5, 40 & 68 x 48ins), 471nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 164552 |
History: | |
09/11/1935 | Gowland Steamship Co Ltd, (J & C Harrison, managers), London |
1936 | National Steamship Co Ltd, (J & C Harrison, managers), London |
1942 | Gowland Steamship Co Ltd, (J & C Harrison, managers), London |
1956 | Salamis Shipping Co Ltd, Piraeus; renamed GEORGIOS TSAVLIRIS |
1964 | Trafalgar Shipping Co Ltd, London; renamed NEWMEADOW |
1965 | Kantara Shipping Ltd, Famagusta |
23/11/1966 | Sank |
Comments: | Built with accommodation for 12 x passengers |
23/11/1966: Foundered 60 miles east of Crete | |
On a voyage from Haifa to Sibenik with a cargo of phosphates |
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