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Name: APOLLON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 16/01/1957
Completed: 05/1957
Builder: John Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 591
Dimensions: 9744grt, 5628nrt, 465.0 x 63.0 x 40.3ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SA, 6cyl (760 x 1550mm), 7800bhp
Engines by: Sulzer Brothers Ltd, Winterthur
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 16.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a; (IMO: 5020873)
History:
05/1957 Athenian Shipping Co SA, Monrovia
1969 Evgenia Cia Nav, Piraeus; renamed GARDENIA
1970 Gardenia Shipping Co Ltd, Piraeus
1973 Dolphin Maritime Corporation, Famagusta
1973 Beta Maritime Co Ltd, Famagusta; renamed KIKI
1978 Balcaria Shipping Co SA, Piraeus
1982 Already Shipping Co Ltd, Valletta
05/1983 Broken up
Comments: 03/05/1982: Damaged by an explosion and fire at Augusta, Italy
05/1983: Broken up at Villanueva y Geltru, Spain, by salvamento y Demolicion Naval


Above photo as APOLLON is copyright of South Tyneside Libraries

Above photo as APOLLON is courtesy of Greek Shipping Miracle