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Created: 2022-02-26 7:20:33 AM
Last Edited: 2022-02-27 12:17:55 AM




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Fro (1961/05)
  IMO: 5121926  
Details/Construction
Builder:Short Brothers Ltd.Location:Sunderland, England (Pallion yard)Hull #:458
Keel Layed:1939Launched:1939/10/30Commissioned:1939/12
Propulsion
As builtType:1 triple expansion steam engine (21.5", 26.25 & 63" x 45")Output:1750 ihp - 10.0 knots
Manufacturer:George Clark (1938) Ltd. - Sunderland, England
 
Dimensions
As builtLength (oa):133.9 m (439.2 ft)Gross Tonnage:4782
Length (lbp):125.0 m (410.0 ft)Net Tonnage:2726
Beam:16.5 m (54.0 ft)Dead Weight:8120
Depth:10.5 m (34.58 ft)Displacement:
Draft:7.4 m (24.15 ft) 
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
Carlton Steamship Company Ltd. - EnglandChapman & Willan Ltd.1939/121941
Carlton Steamship Company Ltd. & Cambay Steamship Company Ltd. - EnglandChapman & Willan Ltd.19411955
A/S D/S Ask - NorwayA. Kjerland & Company A/S - Norway19551965
Winsen Steamship Company S.A. - Panama19651967/06/11
FleetFromUntil
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
Scorton1955
Fro1965
Winsome1967/06/11
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
UK 165775 Newcastle, England GMVC 1939/12 1955
Bergen, Norway LKLP 1955 1965
3969HK Panama HPLA 1965 1967/06/11
Description
Suffered a fire while underway on the South China Sea in a position 16.30N/115.13E on 10 June 1967. The following day she rolled over and sank in a position 16.45N/116.45E after drifting through the night. At the time she was on a voyage southwest bound from Kaohsiung, Taiwan for Da Nang, Vietnam
Disposition
Description/Location
Arrival at YardBeached:Work Began:
LostSank in the South China SeaDate:1967/06/11

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