SS PETSAMO (OFKL, LR/IMO) Valmistunut/completed: 1913.8, Scotland, Grangemouth, Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Co Ltd. Shipyard no. 338.
7 270 dwt, 1 880 IHP, 118.37 x 15.84 x 7.43 m.
1913.8: BUCEGI, Romanian State Maritime Service, Braila, Romania. 1916.11.11: TRANSPORTER NO 150, Russian Navy. 1918.5.2: Kaiserliche Marine, Deutschland, seized at Sevastopol. 1918.12: BUCEGI, returned to owners, homeport Constanza. 1940.7.26: British Ministry of war Transport seized at Port Said. Mgrs Dover Hill S.S. Co Ltd/Counties Ship Management Ltd, Aden. 1946: The Aviation & Shipping Co Ltd, London.
1947.7.17: PETSAMO, homeport Lovisa. Suomen Kalastus Oy — Finska Fiskeri Ab. (Ab R. Nordström & Co Oy) Lovisa. Price 75000 £. 1947.10.10 Collided with Danish HAMMERSHUS, of 1775 tons, in dense fog off the Danish coast. 1956.12.16 On a voyage Montreal-Gateshead with grain cargo had serious steering problems in gale about 100 miles off the Irish coast. Drifting towards the coast. British tanker HARPULA was standing by and tug TURMOIL came to assist.
1959.11.28: arrived at La Spezia for demolition.
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