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BUENOS AIRES - IMO 5606778
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Photographer:Gordy [ View profile ]
Title:Buenos Aires
Photo Category:General Cargo Ships Built Before 1940 (over 3000gt)
Added:Jan 11, 2013
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Image Resolution:2,209 x 1,044
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BUENOS AIRES
... in New Zealand, possibly Wellington
Vessel ID: 500120590
Owner: A/S Ivarans Rederi
Manager: S. Holter-Sørensen, Oslo
Tonnage: 4640 gt
Built by Burmeister & Wain's Maskin og Skibsbyggeri A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark in 1928.
Previous names: Sud Atlantico until 1931, Argentina until 1939.
Photo Credits: The Alexander Turnbull Library NZ
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Gordy
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IMO:5606778
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IMO 5606778
Built in 1928 with name SUD ATLANTICO to (A/S LINEA SUD AMERICANA-Ivar An. Christensen mgr), Oslo.
1931 Sold to A/S IVARANS REDERI, Oslo. Renamed ARGENTINO.
1939 Renamed BUENOS AIRES.
1952 Sold to Gustaf B. Thordén, Helsinki. Renamed MARITA THORDÉN.
1960 Renamed MERIVAKKA.
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This shows her on her first visit to NZ at Wellington in 1950.
She made another voyage in 1959-1960 as Marita Thorden.
Subsequent History:
31 ARGENTINO - 39 BUENOS AIRES - 52 MARITA THORDEN - 60 MERIVAKKA
Disposal Data:
BU Helsinki 68 (hulk since 1960)
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