Name: | IRISH PINE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 09/08/1948 |
Completed: | 12/1948 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 560 |
Dimensions: | 5048grt, 2740nrt, 418.8 x 56.1 x 23.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45 & 76 x 48ins) & LP turbine; |
(1960: Oil engine, 2SA, Doxford type, 4cyl (670 x 2320mm)) | |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields; |
(1960: Hawthorn Leslie (Engineers) Ltd, Newcastle) | |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 174592 |
History: | |
12/1948 | Irish Shipping Ltd, Dublin |
1965 | Cia Acarnania de Navegacion SA (Fafalios Ltd), Chios; renamed AMAZON |
1976 | Pro-Unit Shipping SA (Chaldeos Freighters Ltd), Piraeus; renamed ARAMON |
07/1979 | Broken up |
Comments: | 04/1960: Re-engined by John Readhead & Sons Ltd at South Shields |
22/05/1979: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up | |
She had arrived with a bitumen cargo that had solidified | |
1979: Broken up by Taiwan Ship Scrap Co Ltd |
Above photo as IRISH PINE is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Above photo as IRISH PINE, dated 26/05/1965 is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield
Above photo as IRISH PINE is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as ARAMON is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield
Above photo as ARAMON is courtesy of Photoship