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Hearts of Oak
Athel Line
Sugar Line
Ships
1950s
Five sisters
Motor cargo Ships
Built by Hall Russell & Co.
Ltd., Aberdeen, for Silvertown Services, London
Twin British Polar M48M
engines; 3,000 bhp, at 300 rpm;
single-screw reducing gear
SUGAR IMPORTER
Built 1955
4024 grt
Yard Nr. 847
For Silvertown Services Ltd.
1962 Sugar line Ltd.
1963 USKPORT R.
W. Jones & Co, Newport, Monmouth
1967 LAROCHE Cie.
Maritime et Commerciale du Sud-Ouest, France
1973 MACEDONIA Nigrita Cia Nav SA. Greece
1977 MACEDONIA Macedonia Cia Nav
SA, Greece
1978 MACEDONIA Nigrita Cia Nav SA,
Greece
1979 MACEDONIA Sunteam Mar. Co SA,
Greece
1980 Arrived Inverkeithing, Scotland, 22 Jan for
demolition by T.W. Ward Ltd.
Sugar Importer (1955)
SUGAR PRODUCER
Built 1957
5088 grt
Yard Nr. 858
For Silvertown Services Ltd.
1963 Sugar line Ltd.
1966 INSCO PRODUCER Insco Lines Ltd., Liberia
1971 GALAXY FAITH Lyra Shipping Co Ltd.,
Cyprus
1976 NICOLAS P Latine Shipping Co. Ltd.,
Cyprus
1980
TARA
Taro Marine Co. Ltd., Cyprus
Arrived at Taranto, Italy, 29 Sept. 1982 for demolition
Sugar Producer ( 1957)
Photograph Courtesy of Joe McMillan
SUGAR TRANSPORTER
1958
5078 gt.
Yard Nr 859
For Silvertown Services Shipping Ltd.
1963 Sugar Line Ltd.
1966 MALMI Etela-Suomen Laiva O/Y, Finland
Foundered 6 December 1979 in position 58.48N : 20.21E
Sugar Transporter (1958)
SUGAR REFINER
1958
5104 grt.
Yard Nr 866
for Silvertown Services Shipping Ltd.
1963 Sugar Line Ltd.
1967 ARKADIA Etela-Suomen Laiva O/Y,
Finland
1972 IRENES FAITH Lagadia
Mar. Ltd., Cyprus
1974
ELARKADIA Westhampton
Nav. Corp., Greece
1978
NAVISAILOR Lenake Shipping Co. Ltd.,
Cyprus
1978 SAILOR II
Lenake Shipping Co. Ltd., Cyprus
1979
MOLLY
Cia Pinares de Nav SA, Panama
1979 MOLLY
Irenkamar SA, Panama
Arrived at Split, Yugoslavia, 3 February 1986 for
demolition
Sugar Refiner
SUGAR CARRIER
1960
GSN 20082959
ON 301089
6,358 grt
Yard Nr 871
For Sugar Line Ltd.
1969 VALLILA Etela-Suomen Laiva O/Y, Finland
1976 ELMINER Ca de Nav.
Elminer, Panama
1980 OMEGA LEROS Leros Shipping Co.
Ltd., Greece
1983 MARINER Proceteer Mar.
Inc., Honduras
Arrived at Gadani Beach, Pakistan, 16 March 1985 for
demolition
Sugar Carrier (1960)
Photograph Courtesy of Joe McMillan
Raymond
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