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IRINICOS - IMO 5162982
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Photographer:PWR [ View profile ]
Title:Irinicos
Location:Immingham, United Kingdom
Photo Category:General Cargo Ships Built 1940-1949 (over 3000gt)
Added:Dec 8, 2013
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Image Resolution:1,588 x 997
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IMO:5162982
Photos:2 photos by 2 photographers
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General cargo ships built 1940-1949 (Over 3000gt) - 2 photos
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launched 28/04/1941
completed 06/1941
J. Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields, Yard # 522
Soon after completion converted to a CAM (Catapult Aircraft Merchantman) ship.
Equipped with a Hawker Hurricane fighter that could be launched but not recovered...
Used to shoot down German aircraft that were shadowing convoys & homing in U-boats.
06/1941- Ministry of War Transport (Hall Brothers Steamship Co Ltd, managers)
1945- HAZELBANK, Bank Line Ltd, Glasgow
1957- IRINICOS- Cia Naviera Nuevo Mundo SA, Panama
1963- IRIS II, Salinas Cia Naviera SA, Panama
15.2.1967- Broken up Hong Kong by Ming Hing & Co.
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