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MARTHA - IMO 5226740
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Photographer:Ken Smith [ View profile ]
Title:Martha
Location:Harwich, United Kingdom
Photo Category:General Cargo Ships Built 1940-1949 (over 3000gt)
Added:Mar 3, 2006
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Image Resolution:1,024 x 655
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MARTHA at Harwich Navyard in the 1960s
Built 1944 by Kockums, Malmo as "CASSIOPEIA" 4967gt
47 NARRANDERA - 62 MARTHA
fire 10nm SW Goeree LV 22.11.69 & bu 1970
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IMO:5226740
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Built by Kockums M.V. Aktieb, Malmo, Sweden.
Tonnage: 4,967 grt. Single diesel producing a service speed of 13/14 knots.
1944 - "CASSIOPEIA" - Rederi A/B Proserpina, Stockholm, Sweden.
1947 - "NARRANDERA" - Rederi A/B Transpacific, (G. Carlsson, Managers),Gothenburg, Sweden.
1952 - change of ownership name to Rederi A/B Transatlantic.
1962 - "MARTHA" - Wallenius Bremen GmbH, Bremen, Germany.
1966 - sold to International Development Corp., Piraeus, Greece.
22/11/1969 - caught fire 10 nM SW Of Goeree on a voyage from Amsterdam to Antwerp with bagged asbestos.
1970 - broken up at Rotterdam.
Made at least three voyages to New Zealand. Late 1953, 1960 and August 1961 as the NARRANDERA. (the name of a town in NSW, Australia.
Sources:http://www.miramarshipindex.nz/ship/5226740
http://www.kommandobryggan.se/transatlantic/narrandera.htm
http://nzshipmarine.com
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