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Name: BARBADIAN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 16/04/1919
Completed: 05/1919
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1101
Dimensions: 5289grt, 3266nrt, 400.2 x 52.4 x 28.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48in), 517nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 140626
History:
05/1919 Frederick Leyland & Co Ltd, Liverpool
1933 NG Livanos, Chios; renamed AXIOS
1935 Theofano Maritime Co Ltd (NG Livanos)
28/03/1944 Stranded
Comments: Laid down as WAR TAPIR for The Shipping Controller, London
28/03/1944: Stranded off Sandheads
On a voyage from Port Okha to Calcutta with a cargo of cement