SS Sugar Transporter (1957) explained
| -- commercial vessels --> | +SS Sugar Transporter| Ship Name: | - Sugar Transporter (1957–1966)
- MALMI (1966–1979)
| | Ship Owner: | - Silvertown Services Shipping Co. Ltd (1957–1966)
- Etaliä - Snomen Laiva O/Y (1966–1979)
| | Ship Yard Number: | 859 | | Ship Sponsor: | Mrs J.F.P. Tate | | Ship Launched: | 21 November 1957 | | Ship Identification: | Official number 187743
| | Ship Fate: | Sank 1979 |
| Ship Length: | 370feet | | Ship Beam: | 53feet | | Ship Depth: | 28feet |
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SS Sugar Transporter was the title of a
cargo ship built by Hall, Russell & Company and
launched on 21 November 1957. Its construction was sponsored by the wife of Mr. J. F. P. Tate, a director of Silvertown Services Shipping Company Ltd. In 1966, the ship's name was changed to
Malmi under new owners from
Helsinki,
Finland. On 6 December 1979, during a voyage from
Gdańsk,
Poland to Koverhar,
Malmi capsized and sank in the
Baltic Sea, 40nmi northeast of
Gotska Sandön, when her cargo of
coke shifted in heavy weather.
[1] References
58.8°N 41°W
Notes and References
- Web site: Sugar Transporter . Aberdeen Built Ships . 21 February 2013.
