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General cargo ship “Wenduyne” at Khorramshahr, Iran, April 1972
Owner: Wenduyne Shipping Co. Ltd., Gibraltar
Manager: Mullion
Flag: British
Port of registry: West Hartleypool
Builder: Wm. Doxford & Sons (Shipbuilding) Ltd., Sunderland
Gross tons: 10,200
Deadweight: 14,800
Length overall: 162.15 m
Max. draft: 9.33 m
Engine: 6-cylinder diesel, 10,000 b.h.p., by Wm. Doxford & Sons (Engineers) Ltd.
Service speed: 17 knots
Completed February 1963 as “Apsleyhall” for West Hartlepool S.N. Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool
Bought & renamed1969 by Wenduyne
Sold mid-1973 to Standard Bulk Transport Corp., Greece (manager George A. Gratsos), renamed “Angelina”
Ownership transferred 1974 to Marvel Shipping Co. S.A., Piraeus, retaining name
Sprang a leak in her cargo holds in mid-Atlantic en route from Durban to South America on 4 June 1981. Anchored some 48 miles off Montevideo, Uruguay, where she subsequently caught fire & sank on 7 June.
EDIT: IMO number added (PM)
Former name(s):
- Wenduyne (Until 1973)
- Apsleyhall (Until 1969)
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