Name: | MEMNON |
Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 28/10/1958 |
Completed: | 04/1959 |
Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders) Ltd |
Yard: | High Walker |
Yard Number: | 166 |
Dimensions: | 8504grt, 4873nrt, 9770dwt, 494.5 x 65.4 x 28.9ft |
Engines: | Oil engines, 2SCSA, B&W type, 6cyl (750 x 1500mm), 8800bhp |
Engines by: | Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 16.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 301299 |
History: | |
04/1959 | China Mutual Steam Navigation Co Ltd (A Holt & Co), Liverpool |
1975 | Renamed STENTOR |
1977 | Elder Dempster Lines Ltd, Liverpool; renamed OWERRI |
1978 | Henlow Shipping Corporation, Piraeus; renamed EUROPE |
1987 | Maltese flag owners; renamed PRIMUS |
05/02/1988 | Broken up |
Comments: | 05/02/1988: Arrived at Alang for breaking up by Crown Steel Co |
Above photo as MEMNON is copyright of the William T Barber Collection
Above photo as MEMNON is copyright of Keith Wood
Above photo of MEMNON on charter to Safmarine is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield
Above photo as STENTOR is copyright of the William T Barber Collection
Above photo as STENTOR is copyright of the William T Barber Collection
Above photo as STENTOR is copyright of Don Meehan