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BAROK
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BAROK

Shipbuilder (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date19 January 1950
Object NameCARGO VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 235' 7" x breadth 38' 1" x depth 16'
Gross Tonnage: 1029 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002677
About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 821
Official Number: 5037046
Subsequent Names: SOFIA (1971-73); AGROCORP (1973-74); LAMAYA (1974-76); RABUNION IV (1976-88)

Fate: RABUNION IV broken up at Aliaga (Turkey), 28 December 1987.

Propulsion: Motor
Description: Cargo vessel, 2 hold coaster, 1 deck, later 2 deck, machinery aft, riveted construction

Owners:
1950: A/S Jelølinjen (Fred Olsen, Oslo manager)
1971: Sold to Kraneas CIA. Nav. S.A. Renamed SOFIA. Side doors have now been fitted.
1973: Sold to International Livestock Panama. Now named AGROCORP.
1974: Sold to Wific Begdack & Co., Beirut, Lebanon. Now called LAMAYA.
1976: Sold to Farouk Rassem W. Moukahai and Ahmen Hassen Zeido, Beirut, Lebanon. renamed RABUNION IV

25/05/1950:
"A notable event, in these days, is the fitting of a figurehead to a new ship. One has been given to the Norwegian cargo motor liner BAROK, 1560 tons dw., recently delivered by HR to A/S Jelolingen (Fred Olsen & Co) Oslo. She is decorated with a life size cast bronze figurehead of a merman, specially designed by a Norwegian sculptor'.
(Shipbuilding and Shipping Record).

Vessel named by Mrs August Koppang
(Source: Burntisland and Hall Russel Shipyard Journals)

Notes
Engines: Oil 2SA 8cylinder (340 x 570mm), 1310BHP, 274T, by British Polar, Glasgow.
2 hatches 42' x 16', 8 winches, 4-5ton derrick and 2-3 ton derrick.
1973: now classed as a livestock carrier with the side doors fitted easier to load and unload the animals. Ships tonnage is now 1609 tons.
Photograph of steam Baltic timber carrier 'Binna'
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
21 August 1952
Black and White Photograph in album of 'Borre' under tow in harbour
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
11 May 1949
PATRIARCH
Walter Hood & Co.
September 1869
Black and White Photograph in album of cargo ship 'Bolt'
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
25 August 1950
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1879
JAMES HALL
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1870
SIR JOHN LAWRENCE
DUTHIE
April 1864
PRINCESS ROYAL
Alexander HALL & Co.
3 July 1850
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
February 1876
MIST
John Lewis & Sons
1918
AGNES ROSE
DUTHIE
March 1867
ABERGELDIE
DUTHIE
April 1869
FAIRY
Alexander HALL & Co.
1842
CITY OF ABERDEEN
DUTHIE
January 1862
BEN LUI
John Lewis & Sons
1953
Aberdeen Clipper Ship "Christiana Thompson" 1079 Ton
Walter Hood & Co.
August 1866
VIKINGS
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
12 September 1935
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
15 January 1964
NORTH STAR
January 1837