CORSEA
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date1 August 1957
Object NameCARGO VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 339' x breadth 46' x depth 20' 3"
Gross Tonnage: 3373 ton
Gross Tonnage: 3373 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002545
Keywords
Yard Number: 857
Official Number (IMO): 5080548
Subsequent Names: KAPPA PROGRESS (1974); ASTRO VENTURE (1975); BRENZETT (until 15 October 1976); PANAGIA (until 1 September 1977); TSIMENTIAS (until 29 March 1983); FRATZEZOS XENOFON (until 5 June 1983); TSIMENTIAS; JAYVEE I
Fate: Scrapped (no details available), her last name being "JAY VEE I", registered in Saint Vincent & Grenadines. Last known flag Saint Vincent & Grenadines.
Propulsion: Motor
Description: Cargo vessel (Self-trimming collier), 1 deck, quarterdeck 42', forecastle 29', machinery aft.
Owners:
1957: William Cory & Son, London.
1970-71: Sold to Liquid Gas Tankers Ltd and managed by Cory Maritime Ltd.
1976-77: Kissamos Marine Co. Ltd, registered Limassol, Cyprus.
1977-78: Belgrade Shipping Corps. registered Piraeus, Greece.
1978-79: Hercules Shipping Co. Ltd, registered Piraeus, Greece.
Notes:
Launched 2 August 1956; named by 'Mrs Mellonie, the wife of a director of the ship owning company.'
'Holds self trimming and suitable for grab discharge. High standard of accommodation [...] which makes a modern coastwise collier more than comparable with the trans-Atlantic liner of a quarter-century ago.'
(Burntisland Shipbuilding Journal, vol. 25, no.1 (October 1956), p. 8)
Still listed in Lloyds Register as TSIMENTIAS until 1988.
6 cylinder (480x700 mm) Sulzer engine 1430 bhp
