Inverrosa - (1945-1950)

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"Inverrosa", stranded at Boca Raton, May 10th 1968.

"Inverrosa", stranded at Boca Raton, May 10th 1968.

"Inverrosa", stranded at Boca Raton, photo taken, with bad visibility, May 10th 1968.

( Photo by John Finnerty of Brooklyn, NY and Hartford, CT )

Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :

INVERROSA - 1925 BR 2 Triple (aft) (10½)

2,372 GRT for Lago Shipping Co., Ltd. (A. Weir & Co.), London 305.7 x 50.2

Tanker built by Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast (4) #700 148577

1936 - owners self-managed

1945 - Esso Transportation Co., Ltd., London

1950 - Trinidad Shipping Co., Ltd., London

1960 - Challenger, Ltd., London [Trinidad Shipping Co., Ltd., Port of Spain]

1962 - converted to ore carrier, re-engined 2M (aft)

1963 - Ortran, Ltd., London [Union Carbide Corp., New York]

Stranded 8 May 1968 off Boca Raton, Florida, refloated 23.05.68 and laid up at Jacksonville, sold 1972 to Geo. J. Hondroulis,

Jacksonville, re-sold successively to Omega Manufactura, S.A., Tampico, and to Astilleros Huasteca, S.A., Tampico, who

broke her up in 1973.

The Miramar Ship Index for "INVERROSA"

Tons:	2372	Link:	-
DWT:		Yard No:	700
Length overall:		Ship Design:
LPP:	93.2	Country of build:	GBR
Beam:	15.3	Builder:	Harland & Wolff
Material of build:		Location of yard:	Belfast
Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):	2T-10.5

Subsequent History:

[ 1962 converted to ore carrier, re-engined 2D ]

Disposal Data:

Wrecked off Boca Raton 08.05.1968, laid up & scrapped at Tampico 01.1973. [ By Ast.Huasteca ]

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