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Perama roads, Piraeus on May 24, 2008. IMO 5270416. Ex-COTTON VALLEY 1943, PARAGGI 1947, N.S. DI MONTALLEGRO 1964, ELENA X 1995-2007.
Length: 67,32 m
Breadth: 11,31 m
Depth: 4,45 m
Draught: 3,93 m
GT: 993
NT: 593
DWT: 1.450
Built: 1943 Lancaster Iron Works Inc, Perryville, Maryland, USA (Hull No. 202)
Owner: Elena H Navigation, Athens
Call sign: SX8238
Homeport: Piraeus
Engine Builders: Union Diesel Engine Co.
Horse Power: 790 BHP
Speed: 10 kn
Built for Ministry of War Transport, London, ship design is T1-M-A1. During the year 1944, she served in several supply convoys in the Mediterranean: on April 10, she was damaged after hitting a mine in the Black Sea. She was repaired but on October 6, she was mined 10 km off Port-de-Bouc, France. The ship was broken in two, the bow was lost but the stern was towed to Marseille, fitted with a temporary bow in Toulon and the vessel was later used as a water tanker. In 1947, she was sold to Italian buyers. She became Greek in 1995. She was sold for scrap in 2000 but actually went on sailing. In April 2012, at the age of 69, she was eventually sold and towed for demolition in Aliaga, Turkey.
Former name(s):
- Elena X (Until 2007 May)
- N.s. Di Montallegro (Until 1995 Feb)
- Paraggi (Until 1964)
- Cotton Valley (Until 1947)
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