FURNESS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LTD., HAVERTON HILL

Name SEKONDI
Type Cargo
Yard Number 406
Launched 17/06/1947
Completed 02/1948
Off. Number 182402
Engine builder Richardson, Westgarth & Co., West Hartlepool
Engine type 2 SCSA 4 cyl.
GRT 4811
Length (feet) 408
Beam (feet) 57
First owner Elder Dempster Lines, Liverpool
   
History 1965 MAMPONG, Guinea Gulf Line (Elder Dempster Lines), Liverpool
  1967 JAVA SEA, Peseta Shipping Corp. S.A. (Everett S.S. Corp.), Panama
  1968 FORTUNE CARRIER, Continental Navigation & Enterprises, Mogadiscio
  1968 Fortunewind Maritime Ltd., Mogadiscio
   
Fate 01/10/1968 sank off Swatow 23.02N 116.33E during a typhoon on passage Hong Kong for Hsinkiang with scrap.

Photo from Harold Appleyard

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