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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| ORINOCO |
182162 |
VEN |
5265033 |
| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1950 |
15/09/1950 |
12/1950 |
| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Passenger / Cargo
| Steel Diesel |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Glasgow |
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1986 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 349 grt / / 320 tons disp |
140'0" oa |
33' 0" |
6' 6" (mld) |
3' 8" |
| Engine builder |
British Polar Engines Ltd, Glasgow |
| Engine detail |
2 M5YE Atlas-Polar, each 300bhp. 10 knots
2-Screws in Tunnels. |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Cia Anonima Venezolana de Navegacion. |
Glasgow |
07/12/1950 |
| Other names |
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| Subsequent owner and registration history |
1951 British Registry closed.
By 1969 Ernesto Dias - Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela. |
| Vessel history |
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| Remarks |
| 20/12/1950 Went aground on the sandy beach at Lamlash, Isle of Arran, prior to departing the Clyde on her delivery voyage. Subsequently proceeded to Venezuela under her own power without escort. |
| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1971 |
Condemned |
| Disposal Detail |
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Orinoco
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