MS Antenor (1972)

MS Antenor (1972)

MS "Antenor" is the fifth of five ships to bear the name. She is a bulk carrier, built in 1972 by Mitsui Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Fujingata, Japan. She was built for Alfred Holt and Company, who owned various shipping lines including the Ocean Steam Ship Company (OSSC) and Blue Funnel.

MS "Antenor" has a gross registered tonnage (GRT) of 16,406, is 551 feet 4 inches long, has a beam of 75 feet and a service speed of 15 knots. She is powered by an 11,600 BHP diesel engine. Her sister ships are MS "Achilles" (1972), MS "Agamemnon" (1972), MS "Anchises" (1973) and MS "Ajax" (1973). Owned by Ocean Group (shipping), part of Alfred Holt and Company, she sailed from 1972-1977 for Elder Dempster Lines under Blue Funnel colours, and for Blue Funnel Bulkships Limited from 1977-1978.

In 1978 she was sold to Mermaid Sea Carriers Corporation of Liberia and renamed "Sideris". She later operated for Norwegian owners as the "Solbulk" and was last reported as trading as the "Kyklades K" for Aldebarran Shipping Limited of Piraeus, Greece.

ee also

*SS|Antenor|1872
*SS|Antenor|1896
*SS|Antenor|1924
*MS|Antenor|1957

Further reading

* [http://www.rakaia.co.uk/downloads/alfred-holt-and-co-history.pdf History of Alfred Holt and Company]

External links

* [http://www.red-duster.co.uk/BLUEFUN20.htm MS "Antenor" on Merchant Navy Assocition website]


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