Name: | SIDI BEL ABBÈS |
Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/04/1948 |
Completed: | 02/1949 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1852 |
Dimensions: | 5226grt, 2614nrt, 2090dwt, 402.3 x 53.6 x 27.0ft |
Engines: | 6 x Steam turbines, SR geared |
Engines by: | CA Parsons & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 19.5knots |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
02/1949 | Soc Générale de Transports Maritimes à Vapeur, Marseilles |
1963 | Hellenic Mediterranean Lines Ltd, Piraeus; renamed APOLLONIA |
1988 | Renamed PRECIOUS |
09/07/1988 | Broken up |
Comments: | Laid down for Cie de Navigation Mixte as PRESIDENT DE CAZALET |
Built for the Mediterranean services of France to Morocco, Tunisia & Algeria | |
Accommodation for 606 x passengers plus 50 x cars | |
09/07/1988: Arrived at Alang for breaking up by Arya Steel |
Above photo as SIDI BEL ABBÈS is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as SIDI BEL ABBÈS is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as SIDI BEL ABBÈS is courtesy of Derek Longly
Above photo as APOLLONIA is courtesy of Richard Turnwald
Above photo as APOLLONIA is copyright of Paul Strathdee