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Tagus/ Towada
1953 General cargo
Buildingyard: Kockums Mek Verkstad A/B., Malmö
Built year: 1953
Yard no: 346
Tonnage: GRT: 6397/ NET: 3715/ TDW: 10400
Dims: LOA: 152,10/ BR: 19,61/ DR: 8,421mtr
Machinery : 10-cyl M.A.N. by the shipbuilders
BHP/ IHP: 9000
Speed: 17,00 knots
Reefercap: 805,33 cbm / Passengers: 12
Photo: Chris Howell
17.11.1952: Launched
27.02.1953: Completed. Price paid: NOK 19.210.226,10
08.10.1975: Transferred to Arctic Shipping (Pte)Ltd., (Barber Ship Management Ltd.), Singapore. Renamed TOWADA
13.08.1977: Sold to Africont Navigation Shipping Co S.A., Greece. Renamed LAGOS EXPRESS
06.04.1979: Arrived at Kaoshiung for demolition by Keun Hwa Iron Steel Works & Enterprise Ltd
27.04.1979: Demolition commenced
Photo: Chris Howell
Photo show the vessel as TOWADA
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