Merilokki 1946

556

MERILOKKI

1946 - 1950

General Cargo Motorship, Singledecker, wooden hull

Call: OFHH

348 GRT,  180 NRT,  550 dwt

39.56 x 8.80 x 3.81 m

Oil Engine 2 SA 2 cy.

by A/S Vølund, København

180 BHP   6 knots

 1946:

Completed by J. Kelkka, Neuvoton as MERILOKKI for Laiva Oy Esa, (H. Liljestrand, Helsinki /Helsingfors), Rauma /Raumo (556).

1948:

Sold to Rederi Ab Lideborg, (H. Blomqvist, Helsinki), Rauma.

1950:

Sold to Partrederiet Merilokki, (Edvard Taranger & Co.), Bergen, without change of name.

1952:

Fitted with a "new" oil engine 2 SA 4 cy. constructed in 1932 by J. & C.G. Bolinders Mek. Verkstads Ab., Stockholm, 400 BHP.

1955:

In collision on 12 Nov. in fog with the German tug Widder (270/21) off Kåseberga on the Swedish south coast while on voyage from Karlskrona to London with timber. The leaky vessel with a big hole on the starboard side was abandoned by her crew that was picked up by a rescue boat. She, however, floated on her deck cargo and was beached. The salvage tug Karl managed to refloat her the following day and tow her to Ystad.

Condemned and sold to a Norwegian Mr Hestnes for conversion to a barge.

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