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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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