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Name: LOBITO PALM
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 12/05/1960
Completed: 09/1960
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1978
Dimensions: 6157grt, 2706nrt, 8807dwt, 473.6 x 63.3 x 25.1ft
Engines: Oil engine, Doxford type, 2SCSA, 6cyl (700 x 2320mm), 7500bhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 16.0knots
Reg Number: 301230
History:
09/1960 Palm Line Ltd, London
1979 Rossport Lines Co Ltd, London; renamed LOBITO PAL
1980 Minoa Maritime Co, Piraeus; renamed MINOA
1980 Renamed PERUVIAN TRADER, registered at Jersey
1982 Renamed RICHMOND
1984 Hellene Maritime Ltd, London; renamed EURCO R
16/05/1984 Broken up
Comments: 16/05/1984: Arrived at Chittagong for breaking up by Section Steel


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