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| Launched 1939: mv KONGSTEN |
mv KONGSTEN
built by Barclay Curle & Company Glasgow,
Yard No 671 Engines by shipbuilder
Last Name: YANXILAS (1962)
Previous Names: ATHELCHIEF(1939) / WEST RIVER(1953) / WESTRIVER(1955)
Port of Registry: Beirut,Lebanon
Propulsion: Oil 2SA 4cyl (26 3/8" x 91 5/16"), 4750bhp, Machy Aft.
2 x Donkey Boilers supplying steam at max pressure 180lbs.
Launched: Wednesday, 21/06/1939
Built: 1939
Ship Type: Tanker
Tonnage: 10051 grt | 6014 net
Length: 501 feet 7
Breadth: 66 feet 8
Draught: 26 feet 10
Owner History:
1939 Rafen & Loennechen, Norway
1939-42 Athel Line Ltd, GB
1942-53 Tankers Ltd, GB
1953-55 Cia Atlantica Pacifica, Panama
1955-62 Purvis Shipping Co Ltd, GB
1962-69 Padre Cia Nav, Lebanon.
Status: Arrived for Scrapping - 14/08/1969
Remarks:
Previous update by Paul Strathdee
Previous update by Colin Campbell
Converted to Ore Carrier sometime btwn 1955 & 1962.
Scrapped at Kure, Japan.
Additional information from Joe McMillan Collection & Lloyds Register 1950_51.
Photo depicting vessel as "WESTRIVER" supplied by Joe McMillan Collection
Previous update by Gavin Stewart
Last updated: by George Robinson from the original records by Stuart Cameron
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