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Stranded on the beach of Castricum in november 1972.Demolution took place on this beach in 1974.
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Status: Dead.
Ship Type : Refrigerated Cargo Ship.
Dim : L x B - 118.0 / 108.7 x 15.9 mtr.
Built in 1940/09 by Kockums Mekaniska Verkstad AB Malmö Sweden as " PACIFIC EXPRESS " for Skips-A/S Seattle ( Bjørn Bjørnstad & Co Oslo as manager ) Oslo Norway.Due to WWII taken over by Nortraship towed to arckipelogo off Stockholm Sweden and laid up to end of the War.
Tonnage : grt / nrt / tdw - 3.401 / 1.671 / 4.200.
Main Engine : Kockum MAN 2 Stroke/Doble Action 8 Cyl (600 x 1.100) - 6.000 bhp.
1945 Completed in September,delivered to Owner.
1953 Sold to Erling Hansen Tangen Rederi A/S and Skips-A/S Linea (Erling Hansen Tangen Kristiansand as manager) Kristiansand Norway,renamed " RANADA ".
1972 Sold in October to Wan Tung Navigation Co SA (Wan Tung Transportation Co Kaohsiung Taiwan as manager) Panama City Panama,renamed " WAN CHUN".
1972 Dragged Anchor and Stranded 13/11 in gale whilst anchored outside Ymuiden Netherland in ballast.Sold for demolition in situ.
1973 07/04 Burned out.
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118m loa x 15.9m 4 holds with 213,820 cu ft reefer
6000 bhp 8-cyl MAN diesel by builders for 17 knots
PACIFIC EMPRESS to 1963 then RANADA owned by Erling Hansens Rederi
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It's nasty, that it was last tip of her.
Rgds,
Mark.
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