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Name: RUTH LAKE
Type: Ore Carrier
Launched: 15/12/1955
Completed: 06/1956
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1841
Dimensions: 21157grt, 11783nrt, 31000dwt, 661.8 x 87.5 x 34.0ft
Engines: 2 x steam turbines
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 188200
History:
06/1956 Iron Ore Transport Co Ltd, London (Skaarup Shipping Corp, New York)
1969 Iron Ore Transport Co Ltd, Monrovia
1970 Cosmopolitan Shipping Co SA, Monrovia
1973 Renamed AGIA BARBARA
14/12/1976 Broken up
Comments: 1971: Converted to an oil tanker, 20706grt
14/12/1976: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up by Shey Sheng Fuat Steel


Above photo as AGIA BARBARA copyright of Derek Sands