An item reported that the Panamanian flagged ss San Roberto (1) unloaded her cargo off Macau between14 and 15 March 1950 into the Panamanian flagged powered barge San Pedro. The latter seemed to be a rebuilt LST fitted out with wooden superstructures [‘houses’] above the hatches. The cargo booms, superstructures and hull were black painted and the upper part of the after house, foremast and a boom yellow. Apparently she was recently painted.
Notes
1. Added to the report was a note stating that the San Roberto was Panama-flagged since 18 October 1949. She was the former Danish 4.379 tons steamship Storsa of the Wallem and Company, Hong Kong. Built as Helmsloch by William Pickersgill&Sons Ltd., Southwick, renamed Michael L in 1930 J.G. Livanos, Chios, Greece), Roehampton in 1934, Lettonia in 1938 (managed by Zalcmanis, Jansons&Frymann, Riga, Latvia), Anita in 1940, Calanda in 1940, Stoora (D/S Hetland A/S, T. Basse, Copenhagen, Denmark) in 1946 and San Roberto in 1951 Wallem&Co.Ltd-John Manners&Co., Panama) and broken up at Hong Kong in 1953.
2. At that moment a Portuguese colony, since 1999 a special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China.
Sources
The report was published on www.archive.org, document number CIA-RDP82-00457R004600610010-7
Sunderlandships.com
Notes
1. Added to the report was a note stating that the San Roberto was Panama-flagged since 18 October 1949. She was the former Danish 4.379 tons steamship Storsa of the Wallem and Company, Hong Kong. Built as Helmsloch by William Pickersgill&Sons Ltd., Southwick, renamed Michael L in 1930 J.G. Livanos, Chios, Greece), Roehampton in 1934, Lettonia in 1938 (managed by Zalcmanis, Jansons&Frymann, Riga, Latvia), Anita in 1940, Calanda in 1940, Stoora (D/S Hetland A/S, T. Basse, Copenhagen, Denmark) in 1946 and San Roberto in 1951 Wallem&Co.Ltd-John Manners&Co., Panama) and broken up at Hong Kong in 1953.
2. At that moment a Portuguese colony, since 1999 a special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China.
Sources
The report was published on www.archive.org, document number CIA-RDP82-00457R004600610010-7
Sunderlandships.com
