Name: | SUECIA |
Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 24/01/1929 |
Completed: | 06/1929 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1363 |
Dimensions: | 2210dwt, 4661grt, 2573nrt, 113.85 x 15.27 x 8.74metres |
Engines: | Steam turbine, 5700nhp |
Engines by: | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 17.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 321240; IMO: 5052319 |
History: | |
06/1929 | Rederi A/B Svenska Lloyd, Gothenburg, Sweden |
1966 | Hellenic Mediterranean Lines, Piraeus; renamed ISTHMIA |
1966 | Cia Amadores De Sudamerica SA, Panama |
1969 | Corinthian Navigation Co Ltd, Famagusta, Cyprus |
1970 | Methane Agir Selik Izabe Sanayii Ve Ticaret, Sirketi, Turkey |
10/1973 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1937: Sank after collision with newly-launched KOLLBJORG |
1937: Subsequently raised, repaired & converted to oil fuel burning | |
10/1973: Broken up by Metan Agir Selik Isabe in Kartal, Turkey |
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Above photo copyright of Lennart Falleth
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