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Icotea (1927-1954)
"ICOTEA" was according to Lloyds 1953-54 owned by Cia de Petroleo Lago, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
She was build 1927 at Harland and Wolff, Belfast and delivered in June.
There is a note in the Lloyds 1953-54 "Laid up - surveys overdue - class suspended".
After that I have no clue.
From Rolf Skiold.
Sold in 1954 to Island Tug & Barge Co., Ltd., Vancouver, Canada. Renamed "Island Cedar" and converted to a rail wagon carrying barge.
Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :
ICOTEA -1927 BR 2 Triple (aft) (10½)
2,402 Grt Lago Shipping Co., Ltd. (A. Weir & Co.), London 305.7 x 50.2
Tanker built by Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast (6) #793 149846
1930 - s/o (self managed)
1939 - Cia. de Petroleo Lago, Maracaibo, VE
1955 - barge ISLAND CEDAR Island Tug & Barge, Ltd., Victoria, B.C. - conv. deck cargo, CA
Sold to U. S. shipbreakers 1961.
From left to right "Icotea" (Cia de Petroleo Lago), "Carlota" (C.S.M.= Curacauosche Scheepvaart Maatschappij),
"Chepita"(C.S.M.), "Con Chita" (C.S.M.) and the tugs "Sudbury" and "Island Sovereign" from the new owner,
Island Tug & Barge Co., Ltd., Vancouver, Canada.
Unusual tow from Venuzuela to Victoria (British Columbia), where they are to be used as rail wagon carrying barges.
Drawing of the tow.
