Docked in the so-called Island dry dock 19 December
1957
Archive Kon.Mij. De Schelde 516.869 (Gemeentearchief Vlissingen)
Built in 1930 by Barclay, Curle&Co.
Ltd Clydeholm Shipyard, Whiteinch, Glasgow, Scotland with yard number 638 for
account of Vaccaro Bros&Co., New York, USA, since 1933 owned by Standard
Navigation Corporation Inc., La Heibe, Honduras and managed by Standard
Fruit&Steamship Company Inc., New York, USA (call sign HRBC), renamed
Leeuwarden in February 1959 owned by N.V. Maatschappij ‘Leeuwarden’ and N.V.
Gebroeders van Uden’s Scheepvaart- en Agentuur Maatschappij, both at Rotterdam,
Netherlands (call sign PFMR), laid up at
Tampa, Florida, USA on 27 June 1961, sold in 1963, renamed Tropicana II of All
Ocean Shipping Corporation, Panama in 1964, renamed Santa Ana of All Ocean
Shipping Corporation, Panama in 1965, sold to Canadian interests in 1970, sold
to be broken up to NB Intershira, Rotterdam, Netherlands and resold towards
Italy, arriving on 26 November 1970 at Cantieri Navale Di Portovene, La Spezia,
Italy where in February 1971 with the scrapping was started. Apparently renamed
Desguazado in 1970. Seriously damaged by
fire broken out after a collision in 1957 while laying at New Orleans, USA was
she towed by the Dutch tug Cycloop later assisted by the Titan towards Vlissingen,
Netherlands departing on 15 September 1957, arriving on 18 October 1957 at the
shipyard Kon. Mij. De Schelde to be repaired. A so-called banana boat.
Docked in the Island dry dock between
Friday 22 November 17.00 o’clock-Thursday 19 December 1957 9.00 o’clock,
between Tuesday 22 April 13.00 o’clock-29 April 1958 17.00 o’clock and Saturday
6 September 9.30 o’clock and Wednesday 10 September 1958 15.30 o’clock.
