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GANGES (1950)

Service dates: 1950-1965

Official number: 183226

Shipping lines: JAMES NOURSE LTD.

Ship type:


General Cargo Liner.


Career

17.03.1950
Launched.
05.1950
Completed as Ganges for James Nourse Ltd.
1965
Sold to St Merryn Shipping Co Ltd, London (Red Anchor Line Ltd, managers) and renamed Shirley Christine.
09.03.1968
Grounded at Muroran, inward bound from Nakhodka with coal.
23.04.1968
Refloated.
1968
Sold to Darien Shipping Co.
1968
Sold to Achille Holcoussis, Piraeus, and renamed Leonis.
11.09.1971
Wrecked off Takoradi (4°52’50”N-1°45’W), bound Pointe-Noire to Takoradi with manganese ore and logs.


Ship technical details (PDF)