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Hooiberg - (1928-1947)
See also : Esso Entre Rios - (1953-1963)

 
SS "Hooiberg" at Aruba.
( Photo thanks to Lago Colony web site )

Hooiberg   4.1928     2,394 Gt
1947: (Esso Transportation Co.).
1952: (Panama Transport Co.).
1953: Esso Entre Rios (Esso Transportadora de Petroleo S.A., Argentina).
1954: (Esso S.A. Petrolera, Argentina).
1963: Entre Rios (Rio Lujan Nay., Argentina).
1981: Reported scrapped Argentina, but still listed in shipping registers.

Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :

HOOIBERG - 1928   BR      2 Triple (aft)     (10½)
2,395 GRT for Lago Shipping Co., Ltd. (A. Weir & Co.), London     305.7 x 50.2
Tanker built by Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast     (4)     #834  160408
1936 - s/o (self-managed)
1945 - Esso Transportation Co., Ltd., London
1953 - Esso Transporatadora de Petroleo, S.A., Buenos Aires     AR
1954 - ESSO ENTRE RIOS Esso S.A. Petrolera Argentina, Buenos Aires
1963 - ENTRE RIOS Rio Lujan Navegacion S.C.p.A., Buenos Aires
Broken up at Buenos Aires, 1985 - reported  - probably actually in 1981.