HELLENIC TORCH

HELLENIC TORCH - IMO : 5147190

Built 1956, by William Hamilton & Co., Port Glasgow (Yard # 505) as HELLENIC TORCH

GRT : 7510 / DWT : 10657

Overall Length : 148.1 metres x Beam 19.6 metres.

Machinery : 1 Screw driven by a Doxford : 2-stroke single acting 6-cylinder oil engine manufactured by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Govan

Speed : 16.0 knots

 

History…………………………………………. POR = Port of Registry

1956: HELLENIC TORCH : Transpacific Carriers Corp : POR Piraeus

1979: HELLENIC TORCH : Hellenic Lines Ltd : POR Piraeus

1981: CHALLENGE : Seachallenge Cia Naviera SA : POR Panama

1982: Broken up at Gadani Beach by Zulfiqar Metal Industries

HELLENIC TORCH seen 18 July 1981 in Tilbury Docks, London

 

Ship Details : Miramar - www.clydeships.co.uk

 

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