TAFAWA BALEWA
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Owner
Government of Nigeria
(Lagos, Nigeria)
Date15 December 1959
Object NameCARGO VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 323 5/6' x breadth 46 1/12' x depth 21 7/12'
Gross Tonnage: 3211 ton
Gross Tonnage: 3211 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002558
Keywords
Yard Number: 870
Subsequent Name: VENTURER (1966)
Fate: unknown
Propulsion: Motor
Description: Cargo vessel (collier), 1 deck, raised quarter deck 206', forecastle 33', machinery aft.
Owners:
1959: Crown agents for the overseas governments on behalf of the Nigerian government
1966: Ventura Shipping Corporation, Liberia.
1977: Porto de Lago Cia. Naviera, S.A., registered in Piraeus, Greece
Notes:
This was the third vessel built by Hall, Russell's for the Government of Nigeria.
Launched by Lady Grey, wife of Sir Ralph Grey, formerly Deputy Govenor General of Nigeria.
Sea Trials completed during April 1960 and then employed in West African coal trade.
(see Burntisland Shipbuilding Group Journal, vol. 26, p. 104)
7 cylinder (500x700 mm) diesel engine, producing 1850 bhp, by British Polar Engines Ltd, Glasgow.
