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PRINCESS SISSY - IMO 5327049
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Photographer:Gerolf Drebes [ View profile ]
Title:Princess Sissy
Photo Category:Scrapyard Ships
Added:Jun 12, 2006
Views:4,349
Image Resolution:1,280 x 872
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Panama flag passenger vessel Princess Sissy, bt. 1947, gt. 5327, at the breakers yard at Split on 24.9.1980
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Current name:PRINCESS SISSY
Former name(s):
- Elektra (Until 1974)
- Electra (Until 1974)
- Sidi Okba (Until 1964)
- Mediterranean Ii (Until 1964)
- Sidi Okba (Until 1963)
Vessel Type:Passenger/cargo Ship
Gross tonnage:5,327 tons
Summer DWT:3,400 tons
Photos:2 photos by 2 photographers
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Built by J. Samuel White, East Cowes, U.K. 3,925gt and 3,400 dwt (as built). Single screw steam turbine. 17 knots.
1948 - "SIDI OKBA" - Soc. Général de Transportes Maritimes à Vapeur, Marseilles, France.
1957 - transferred to Cie. de Nav. France-Amerique, Marseilles.
5/1963 - fire while in drydock at Marseilles, damaging accommodation and forward cargo holds.
1962 - returned to S.G.T.M.V.
1964 - "MEDITERRANEAN II" - Aegean SN, Typaldos Brothers, Piraeus, Greece.
1964 - rebuilt and renamed "ELEKTRA"
1967 - laid up due to bankruptcy of Typaldos Bros, a result of the investigation of the "HERAKLION" sinking in 1966.
1974 - "PRINCESS SISSY - Solmare Shipping Co., Panama (Angelakis Family)
7/1/1976 - grounded 43°05'N/16°35'E, Hvar, Croatia.
Re-floated and broken up at Split, 1980 as per photo.
Sources:http://www.miramarshipindex.nz
http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/158766/title/tss-princess-sissy/cat/503
Marine News: Vol XVII No.7 (1963)
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Albertomou, Azores is.former names
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