Portuguese cargo liner BENGUELA (2), imo 5041009/ 131,6m/ 5.093,63gt/ 12pax/ 13kn; 1946 ordered to Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstads A/B, Gothenburg, by Redri A/B Wallenco, mgrs. Wallenius Rederierna), Stockholm; 04/04/1946 launched as BENGUELA; 13/08/1946 completed and sold to Companhia Colonial de Navega??o, Lisbon; in the sequence of a bareboat charter contract; 04/02/1974 BENGUELA, CTM- Companhia Portuguesa de Transportes Maritimos, Lisbon, due amalgamation of Colonial and Insulana, which formed that state company; 30/07/1977 BENGUELA, laid up in the Tagus estuary, Lisbon; 29/08/1978 sold to Messrs. Baptista & Irm?o, Lda. Alhos Vedros, Tagus estuary, for breaking up. Sister ships: MANGARELLA and YARRAWONGA, Rederi A/B Transantlantic, Gothenburg.
Seen outbound Leix?es 29/09/1946 on her maiden voyage.
Photographer Portuguese press. |
Rui Amaro
