GULLFOSS Passenger/cargo vessel.
3,858g. 2,160n. 1,850d. 336.1 x 47.7 x 25.2 feet.
12-cyl. 2 S.C.S.A. (500 x 900mm) by the shipbuilder. 970mn. 4,329bhp. 15kts.
8.12.1949: Launched by AS Burmeister & Wains Maskin-og-Skibsbyggeri, Copenhagen (Yard No. 702), for H.f. Eimskipafelag Islands, (The Iceland Steamship Company Ltd.), Reykjavik.
5.1950: Completed.
1974: Sold to Fahed Maritime Company Ltd, Nicosia (Orri Navigation Lines S.A., Piraeus, and renamed MECCA for Red Sea service in the Haj to Mecca.
18.12.1976: Whilst of a voyage from Jeddah for Port Sudan, with pilgrims, suffered a fire aboard, in a position 21.19N., 38.58E., 17 miles from Jeddah. All passengers and crew were taken off.
19.12.1976: Drifted aground in a position 21.18.30N., 39.6E, on the Ras Alsanda Reef.
20.12.1976: Slipped off and capsized, becoming partially submerged. Subsequently declared a constructive total loss.
3,858g. 2,160n. 1,850d. 336.1 x 47.7 x 25.2 feet.
12-cyl. 2 S.C.S.A. (500 x 900mm) by the shipbuilder. 970mn. 4,329bhp. 15kts.
8.12.1949: Launched by AS Burmeister & Wains Maskin-og-Skibsbyggeri, Copenhagen (Yard No. 702), for H.f. Eimskipafelag Islands, (The Iceland Steamship Company Ltd.), Reykjavik.
5.1950: Completed.
1974: Sold to Fahed Maritime Company Ltd, Nicosia (Orri Navigation Lines S.A., Piraeus, and renamed MECCA for Red Sea service in the Haj to Mecca.
18.12.1976: Whilst of a voyage from Jeddah for Port Sudan, with pilgrims, suffered a fire aboard, in a position 21.19N., 38.58E., 17 miles from Jeddah. All passengers and crew were taken off.
19.12.1976: Drifted aground in a position 21.18.30N., 39.6E, on the Ras Alsanda Reef.
20.12.1976: Slipped off and capsized, becoming partially submerged. Subsequently declared a constructive total loss.
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