Name: | LAOMEDON |
Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 20/08/1952 |
Completed: | 02/1953 |
Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
Yard: | High Walker |
Yard Number: | 133 |
Dimensions: | 7864grt, 4587nrt, 9307dwt, 462.9 x 62.3 x 31.7ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, B&W type, 7cyl (750 x 1500mm), 7600bhp |
Engines by: | Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 16.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 185459 |
History: | |
28/01/1953 | China Mutual Steam Navigation Co Ltd (A Holt & Co), Liverpool |
03/1977 | Regent Navigation Corporation, (Maldives Shipping Ltd, managers), Panama; renamed ASPASIA |
02/05/1978 | Broken up |
Comments: | Laid down as ADMETUS but launched as LAOMEDON |
02/05/1978: Arrived at Gadani Beach for breaking up |
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