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