CANDIA - IMO 5106483

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Photographer:

Bob Scott [ View profile ]

Title:

Candia

Location:

Maassluis, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Photo Category:

General Cargo Ships Built 1950-1959 (over 3000gt)

Added:

Nov 24, 2015

Views:

2,001

Image Resolution:

1,206 x 768

Description:

4,953 grt; 6,922 dwt.
Managing owner: Christian F Ahrenkiel, Hamburg. Charterer/funnel mark: Deutsche Levante-Linie, Hamburg.
Built: 1955 by Lübecker Flender Werke AG, Lübeck-Siems, West Germany. Yard no 459.
Main engine: six-cylinder, two-stroke Sulzer 6SD72 developing 4,200 bhp at 125 rpm and built in France by Société des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée.
Speed: 15 knots.
Built for different ‘Partenreederei’ (but same managing owner) as ESPERANZA.
1968-renamed CANDIA (as photo).
1971-sold to Aquarius Seaway Transport Inc, Piraeus, Greece, renamed DOLLY.
1982-to breakers at Villanueva y Geltru, Spain.
Photo: arriving Rotterdam (with a list), April 1969