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Name: LEO
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 05/05/1947
Completed: 09/1947
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1832
Dimensions: 1792grt, 712nrt, 2117dwt, 296.9 x 42.2 x 15.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (19.5, 32 & 54 x 36ins) + LP turbine, 430nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 181316
History:
09/1947 Ellerman's Wilson Line Ltd, Hull
1967 Maltese National Lines Ltd, Valletta; renamed MALCOLM PACE
1970 Renamed OLEOS
1974 Sea Malta Co Ltd, Valletta; renamed MARSA
1979 Broken up
Comments: 1979: Sold to Carmelo Sanfilippo of Catania for breaking up in Italy


Above photos as LEO courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as MALCOLM PACE courtesy of Richard Cox