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Created: 2020-12-28 7:43:40 AM
Last Edited: 2021-10-12 11:56:04 AM

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Borgholm (1958)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Oresund Drydocks AB (Oresundvarvet A/B)	Location:	Landskrona, Sweden	Hull #:	117
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1951/10/17	Commissioned:	1951/12/29

Propulsion
As built	Type:	2 Atlas-Polar 6-cylinder diesel engines	Output:	2280 bhp (1701 kW) - 12.5 knots
	Manufacturer:	Atlas-Diesel - Stockholm, Sweden

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	78.6 m (258.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	2294
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	1159
	Beam:	12.9 m (42.42 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	5.8 m (18.92 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
Year: 1960	Length (oa):	92.8 m (304.42 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	2029
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	1009
	Beam:	12.9 m (42.42 ft)	Dead Weight:	3600
	Depth:	5.7 m (18.83 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Lengthened by 24 meters by Wärtsilä in Turku, Finland

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
A/B Svenska Amerika Linien - Sweden	Erik Wijk - Sweden	1951	1960
Cia. de Navegacion Damka S.A. - Greece		1960	1972
Cia. de Navegacion Damka S.A. - Greece	Malvine Cia. SA. - Greece	1972	1974
Cia. de Navegacion Damka S.A. - Greece	Gold Marine Co. - Piraeus, Greece	1974	1977
Cia. de Navegacion Damka S.A. - Greece	Ambros Shipping Co. - Piraeus, Greece	1977	1978/05/22

Fleet	From	Until
Swedish Chicago Line	1939	1961

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Borgholm	1960
Agios Nicolaos	1978

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
9311	Gothenburg, Sweden	SJGA		1951	1960
3028	Piraeus, Greece	SXXO		1960	1978

Description

22 May 1978 - While on a voyage from Marina di Carrara, Italy to an unknown port in Kuwait with general cargo she suffered an explosion and subsequent fire in the engine room in the Persian gulf at a position 27.31N/50.49E. She was subsequently abandoned approximately 60 nautical miles north of Bahrain.
June 1978 - The burned out hull was abandoned in Kuwait - ultimate fate unknown.

Disposition
Description/Location	Abandoned at Kuwait.
Arrival at Yard		Beached:	Work Began:
Lost	Suffered an engine room fire in the Persian Gulf and abandoned near Bahrain.		Date:	1978/05/22

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