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SS Sugar Transporter (1957)

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Yard number
  
859

Identification
  
Official number187743

Launched
  
21 November 1957

Builder
  
Hall, Russell & Company

Sponsored by
  
Mrs J.F.P. Tate

Fate
  
Sank 1979

Length
  
113 m

Name
  
Sugar Transporter (1957–1966) MALMI (1966–1979)

Owner
  
Silvertown Services Shipping Co. Ltd (1957–1966) Etaliä - Snomen Laiva O/Y (1966–1979)

SS Sugar Transporter was a cargo ship built by Hall, Russell & Company and launched on 21 November 1957, sponsored by Mrs. Tate, wife of Mr J. F. P. Tate, a director of Silvertown Services Shipping Company Ltd. In 1966 her name was changed to Malmi under new owners from Helsinki, Finland. On 6 December 1979, Malmi capsized and sank in the Baltic Sea after her cargo of coke shifted in heavy weather during a voyage from Gdańsk, Poland, to Koverhar, 40 nautical miles (46 miles; 74 km) northeast of Gotska Sandön.

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SS Sugar Transporter (1957) Wikipedia