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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


Above photo is copyright of RA Priest

Above photo is copyright of Keith Wood