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FORCADOS - IMO 1169148
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Photographer:TEDINGHAM [ View profile ]
Title:Forcados
Photo Category:General Cargo Ships Built 1940-1949 (under 3000gt)
Added:Feb 14, 2005
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Image Resolution:1,269 x 747
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TILBURY DOCK IN THE 60'S
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IMO:1169148
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Launched:27/4/1945 and completed:7/1945.
974 gt and 1,219 dwt. 68.4m oa and 11.2m beam.
1 triple expansion 3-cyl steam engine - 9.5 knots.
1945 - "EMPIRE PATTERN" - Ministry of War Transport, U.K. (Singapore Straits S.S. Co. Ltd., managers)
1948 - "FORCADOS" - Elder Dempster Ltd.; registered at Middlesborough. Operated as a "branch boat" on Elder Dempster's West Africa coastal services.
1962 - "BARBALIAS" - S. Leritos and I.D. Anghelatos, Piraeus, Greece.
1965 - "AGIA VARVARA" - G. Tzortzis and C. Sykias, Piraeus.
Some confusion over her end:
8/12/1966 - foundered off Cyprus on a voyage from Asdod (according to wrecksite.com) or
12/12/1966 - caught fire, capsized and sank off Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (according to Wikipaedia).
The photo above possibly dates from the period just prior to her sale from Elder Dempster.
Sources:http://www.miramarshipindex.nz
https://www.wrecksite.eu
https://en.wikipedia.org
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