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Name: PANDORIAN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 12/12/1940
Completed: 03/1941
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1607
Dimensions: 4159grt, 1429nrt, 345.7 x 50.1 x 20.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 38 & 65 x 48in) + LP turbine, 3500ihp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.5knots
Reg Number: 166314
History:
12/03/1941 Ellerman Lines Ltd (Ellerman & Papayanni Lines Ltd), Liverpool
1963 Kalimana Shipping Co Ltd (TN Epiphaniades), Piraeus
1963 Renamed KYRAKALI
1964 Bluesky Corporation, Monrovia (Victoria Steamship Co, London)
1964 Renamed BLUESKY
1969 Nereus Maritime Co Ltd, Famagusta (Etab Atilmar SA, Piraeus)
1969 Renamed VAROSI
06/08/1970 Broken up
Comments: 13/04/1970: Arrived at Tadotsu for breaking up
06/08/1970: Breaking up commenced by Miyachi Salvage KK


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