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Name: KIRSTEN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 08/05/1947
Completed: 07/1947 (hull only)
Builder: John Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 556
Dimensions: 2347grt, 1266nrt, 346.0 x 45.9 x 20.0ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SA, 8cyl (500 x 900mm)
Engines by: Helsingör Skibs & Msk, Helsingör
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 14.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
07/1947 Hull completed
02/1948 D/S Torm A/S (Axel Kampen & Carl M Andersen), Copenhagen
1951 Renamed KIRSTEN TORM
1964 Eudora Cia Nav SA (Kratigos Shipping Co), Piraeus; renamed EUDORA
05/1969 Broken up
Comments: 02/1948: Engined and completed by Helsingör Skibs & Msk, Helsingör
14/05/1969: Arrived at Hamburg for breaking up
05/1969: Broken up by Eisen u Metall KG


Above photo as KIRSTEN is courtesy of Torm Lines

Above photo as KIRSTEN TORM is copyright of Charlie Hill

Above photo as KIRSTEN TORM is copyright of Charlie Hill