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SILVIA

 

Built by:

Uddevallavarvet AB, newbuilding 148.
Owner:
Red.AB Svenska Lloyd, Gothenburg, Sweden
Type:
General cargo
Class:
Lloyds
LOA:
65,8 m
LPP:
60,35 m
Beam:
10,06 m
Depth, main deck:
6,05 m
Draft, summer:
3,78 m
Main engine:
B&W Alpha 2T diesel, 960 shp
Aux. Engines:
3 x Pelapone, 60 hp, 1 x Pelapone 30 hp.
Voltage/Output:
220V=/3 x 37 kW, 1 x 18 kW
Keel laid:
June 16th. 1955
Launched:
Sept. 7th 1955
 Delivered
Nov. 10th  1955
Trial speed:
13,9 knots
 Tonnages:
895 dwt, 493 grt, 222 nrt
Swedish Official Registry Number:
9616

Career:
1965: Sold to A/S Nordship & Co, Holmestrand, Norway. Renamed  NORDSTAD.
1968: Sold to D/S Veritas, Haugesund, Norway, with engine breakdown. Equipped with new engine put in traffic renamed SMEDESUND.

1973: Sold to Joseph Saben, Beirut, Lebanon. Renamed  RITA.
1
974:
Sold to Osman H Habbal, Tartus, Syria. Renamed TAREK.
1979-04-27: Sunk by Israeli commandos due to the owners connection to PLO.
1980: Salvaged, sold to Zakariah Al Taher, Lattakia, Syria. Renamed AL TAHER I.
1982: Sold to Union Carriers, Lattakia, Syria.
1992:
Sold to Zakariah Al Taher, Lattakia, Syria. Renamed AL TADAMUN 2..
1993: Sold to Ahmad Abdelkader Abou Bakr & Khal Ahmad Khaled, Lattakia, Syria. Renamed AKRAM 2.
1995: Sold to Mohamed Moheddine Orient Transport, Lattakia, Syria. Renamed YATHREB.
1996: Sold to unknown buyers in Lattakia. Renamed ALMINA 1 (Sy).

Completions and corrections are welcome!

 

 

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