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MELITA
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MELITA

Shipbuilder (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date7 July 1971
Object NameCARGO VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 310' 9" x breadth 53' x depth 21 7"
gross tonnage: 2686 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002637
About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 953
Official Number: 357382
Subsequent Name: SIBONEY (1979)

Fate: scrapped at Tampico, 1987.

Propulsion: Motor
Description: General cargo vessel, 2 decks, raised fore deck 29', forecastle 45', machinery aft.

Owners:
1971: Moss Hutchison Line Ltd, Liverpool.
Later owned by P & O Steam Navigation Co., London.
1979: Naviera Multinacional del Conibes S.A., Panama.

Notes:
Vee Oil 4 SA 14 cylinder (400x460mm), 5670 bhp, pielstick, by Crossley Premier Engineering, Manchester.

STAR OF SCOTLAND
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
27 September 1960
ORIONMAN
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
14 January 1975
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1958
ALBATROSS
John Lewis & Sons
1965
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
24 January 1974
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
16 November 1972
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
24 February 1959
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
21 November 1957
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1 December 1959
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
26 April 1911
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
26 September 1974
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
22 September 1965
Black and White Photograph in album showing construction of 'Anno'
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
3 September 1951
BEN TORC
John Lewis & Sons
1959
Black and White Photograph in album of 'Vikdal'
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
31 January 1949
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
3 April 1962
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
15 December 1959