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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)
Owner (London, England)
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.

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