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Name: BELEVELYN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 08/06/1948
Completed: 09/1948
Builder: John Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 559
Dimensions: 4696grt, 2549nrt, 370.0 x 60.0 x 37.5ft
Engines: C4cyl (450, 450 & 1080, 1080 x 985mm), Fredriksstad type
Engines by: John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
09/1948 Belships Company Ltd Skibs A/S (Christen Smith & Co), Oslo
1954 Wiel & Amundsen A/S, Halden; renamed ROMULUS
1963 Namdal Shipping & Trading Co (C Aune), Monrovia; renamed MAJOY
1966 Marnica Cia Naviera SA (Carras Maritime Corp), Monrovia
1966 Renamed KATERINA
1967 Renamed MAKRON
1968 Renamed SEA CAPTAIN
1970 Tyne Shipping Co Ltd, Monrovia; renamed MARCOS PROIOS
03/10/1971 Broken up
Comments: Engine described as a double compound & built under licence from Fredriksstad
03/10/1971: Arrived at Sveti Kajo, Split, for breaking up
12/1971: Broken up by Brodospas


Above photo as BELEVELYN is courtesy of Clive Ketley

Above photo as BELEVELYN is courtesy of Belships Co

Above photo as ROMULUS is copyright of the City of Vancouver Archives, Walter Frost collection

Above photo as KATERINA is copyright of Fred Miller II

Above photo as MAKRON is copyright of Ron Mapplebeck

Above photo as MARCOS PROIOS is copyright of Marijan Zuvic