Thursday, 8 September 2011

Dutch steam ship Phrontis (1926) of the Ned. Stoomvaart Mij Oceaan at Amsterdam



Double screw. Built of steel. Built 1926 at the Caledon Shipyard, Dundee with the dimensions 136,85 x 16,66 x 8,87m or 429'5" x 54'9"x 29'1", measured 6,181 BRT and 7,820 DWT. Buker capacity 664 tons of 1,016 kg. Cargo capacity 478,560 bales. The 4,800 rhp allowed a speed of 13,5 knots. Call signs PQFR/PGSU. In 1958 sold to Djeddah and renamed and apparently renamed Ryad and the same year broken up at Hong Kong.

Sources
http://www.arendnet.com/uden13.htm
De Nederlands koopvaardijvloot 1930