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TAPTI (1945)

Service dates: 1945-1951

Official number: 180679

Shipping lines: JAMES NOURSE LTD.

Ship type:


General Cargo Liner.


Career

08.06.1945
Launched.
10.1945
Completed as Tapti for James Nourse Ltd.
03.10.1945/13.05.1946
Requisitioned for the Liner Division.
17.01.1951
Grounded on Soy Rocks, Hebrides, bound Irwell to the Tyne in ballast.
21.01.1951
Slipped off the rocks and sank three days later in position 56°34'N-06°37'W.


Ship technical details (PDF)