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Black & white photograph of 'Sugar Importer'
SUGAR IMPORTER
Black & white photograph of 'Sugar Importer'
Black & white photograph of 'Sugar Importer'

SUGAR IMPORTER

Shipbuilder (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date5 May 1955
Object NameCARGO VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 330' x breadth 50' 1" x depth 26' 7"
Gross Tonnage: 4024 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002538
About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 847
Subsequent Names: USKPORT (1962); LAROCHE (1967); MACEDONIA (1973)

Fate: unknown, not in 1981-82 Lloyd's register.

Propulsion: Motor
Description: Bulk sugar carrier, 1 deck, machinery aft.

Owners:
1955: Silvertown Services Ltd., London.
1962-67: Uskport Steamship Co. Ltd.
1967-73: Compagnie Maritime et Commerciale du Sud-Ouest, Bordeaux.
1973: Nigrita Cia. Nav. S A, registered in Piraeus.
1980: Sunteam Maritime Co. S A and managed by Korkano Shipping S A. Piraeus.

Notes:
05/05/1955: Launched by Mrs F. H. Tate, wife of a director of Silvertown Services Shipping Ltd. (part of Tate & Lyle)
Bulk carrier with accommodation for 40 persons, route West Indies to London.

2 diesel engines 8 cylinder (340x570 mm) by British Polar, Glasgow.

ELISSA
Alexander HALL & Co.
1877
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1 December 1959
VIKINGS
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
7 March 1947
PRINCESS ROYAL
John Lewis & Sons
1952
NORTH CITY
DUTHIE
December 1889
BENDIGO
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1892
JUNI
Alexander HALL & Co.
1951
GENERAL GORDON
Alexander HALL & Co.
1905
KEFLVIKINGUR
Alexander HALL & Co.
1948
HREFNA
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
30 June 1950
NEW GAMECOCK
Alexander HALL & Co.
1 March 1930
QUADRILLE
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
15 March 1941
Star VI, Star VII (812 813) General Arrangement Plan
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
30 September 1948
BEN LUI
John Lewis & Sons
1953
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
19 September 1955
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1 August 1957
NORTH BREEZE
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
23 April 1891