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Empire Peak

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1943 Empire Peak British Government
1947 Charmouth Hill Dorset Steam Ship Co. Ltd.
1949 Charmouth Hill London & Overseas Freighters Ltd.
1950 London Mariner London & Overseas Freighters Ltd.
1951 Leone Ragruppamento Armatore Fratelli Grimaldi
1960 Leone Aldebaran Cia di Nav SpA
1964 Marianella Vinti Freighters Ltd.

Fate

In October 1967, as the Cyprus-owned Marianella, she sailed from Houston bound for Calcutta with a cargo of sulphate of ammonia. Suffering a number of engine breakdowns and leaking badly, she reached Cape Town in June 1968 where her voyage came to an end. In December, she left port under tow bound for Vado Ligure, Italy, where she arrived on March 6th, 1969 to be broken-up.

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