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OCEAN TRANSPORT / ELLION HOPE

BUILT IN 1962 BY HAWTHORN LESLIE LTD IN NEWCASTLE, FOR THE EMPIRE TRANSPORT CO. SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 8,501 TONS.

IN 1965 SHE WAS JOINTLY OWNED BY THE EMPIRE TRANSPORT CO AND HOULDER BROTHERS.

IN 1975 SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO SHAW SAVILL & ALBION ( BUT IN HOULDERS LIVERY )

 IN 1978 SHE WAS OWNED BY WELLDECK SHIPPING ( HOULDER LINE LTD )

IN 1979 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE VICEROY MARITIME CORP OF MONROVIA, RE-NAMED 'ELLION HOPE' AND FLEW THE LIBERIAN FLAG.

IN 1983 SHE WAS SCRAPPED AT GADANI BEACH, PAKISTAN.

 

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