SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK

Name KOS XX
Type Whaler
Yard Number 1013
Launched 03/09/1936
Completed 1936
Off. Number  
Engine builder Smith's Dock
Engine type T 3 cyl.
GRT 356
Length (feet) 134.7
Beam (feet) 26.4
First owner Hvalfangerselsk. Kosmos A/S (Anders Jahre), Sandefjord
   
History 1940 Admiralty requisition as anti-submarine whaler
  1941 MOLDE, operating with Norwegian crew
  1945 KOS XX on return to owner
  1948 ASTYPALEA, A. Angelikoussis & P. Kaloudis, Piraeus - re-engined with 8 cyl. Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz diesel, manufactured in 1943 and converted to a cargo vessel
  1955 A. Angelikoussis, D. Efthymiou and L. Lambrou, Piraeus
  1957 L. Matsas, Piraesu
  1959 L. Capetanios & George Moundreas, Laurium
   
Fate 24/12/1962 Grounded & total loss on at Cape Valanidhi on Lemnos Is., on passage to Bulgaria in ballast

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