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7,553 grt; 11,690 dwt
Operator: SOMAT - Société Maritime Atlantique du Togo, Lomé, Togo.Flag: Togo
Built 1978 by Flensburger Schiffsbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, Flensburg, West Germany. Yard no: 648
Main engine: eight-cylinder, four-stroke MaK 8M551AK developing 5,400 bhp at 450 rpm for a service speed of 15 knots.
1988-MAR ESMERALDA (Venezuelan flag); 1992-MENG LEE (Singapore flag); 1996-FONG LEE; 1997-BANGA BIRAJ (Bangladesh flag); 2000-BANGA LANKA; 2011-sank Chittagong with cargo of cement and beached. Reportedly still there in 2014 (see http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1997760)
Seen departing Rotterdam circa 1986
Former name(s):
- Banga Biraj (Until 2000 Dec)
- Fong Lee (Until 1997 Dec)
- Meng Lee (Until 1996 May)
- Mar Esmeralda (Until 1992 Dec)
- Hodo (Until 1988)
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