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Name: MERCIAN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/11/1947
Completed: 03/1948
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1745
Dimensions: 1516grt, 657nrt, 272.8 x 42.2 x 14.8ft
Engines: 2 x Oil engines, 2SCSA, 6cyl (13.4 x 22.5ins), 1920bhp
Engines by: British Auxiliaries Ltd, Glasgow
Propulsion: 2 x Screws
Reg Number: 182413
History:
03/1948 Ellerman Lines Ltd (Ellerman & Papayanni Lines), Liverpool
1962 Westcott & Laurance Line Ltd, Liverpool
1970 Rigel Shipping Co Ltd, Famagusta; renamed RINOULA
1972 Kamara Shipping SA, Panama
1974 Adnamar SA, Panama; renamed GABRIELLA
1976 Coabamar SA, Panama; renamed DONATELLA I
1977 Rotary Traffic SpA di Nav, Castellamare di Stabia; renamed STABIA I
04/01/1979 Sank
Comments: 04/01/1979: Sank after dragging anchors & striking the breakwater at Salerno
On a voyage from Oran to Salerno in ballast


Above photo courtesy of Photoship

Above photo courtesy of Clive Ketley

Above photo courtesy of Photoship