General Cargo, Motor Vessel Kindrence, launched, as the General Cargo, Motor Vessel Bianca, Saturday, 19/08/1950, to Yard Number 210, by N.V. Scheepswerf 'Waterhuizen' J. Pattje, Waterhuizen, Netherlands, and completed and delivered, Tuesday, 24/10/1950, to Derk Schothorst and Ebbe Hylkema, Groningen, Netherlands, (managers, Carebeka N.V., Groningen), registered, Groningen, Netherlands; Gross Registered Tonnage, at launch: 499, Net Registered Tonnage, at launch: 295; Dead Weight Tonnage, at launch: 728; 53.27 (length overall) x 49.23 (length between perpendiculars) x 8.66 (beam extreme) x 8.61 (beam moulded) x 3.94 (depth moulded) x 3.50 (draught maximum); powered by one x model number TMAS278, eight-cylinder, (270mm diameter x 500mm stroke), four-stroke, single acting, 500 b.h.p, diesel engine, manufactured by Werkspoor N.V. Amsterdam, Netherlands; to single shaft, single fixed-pitch propeller, machinery aft, speed: 10.5 knots; one deck; three bulk-heads; cargo capacity grain: 35,847 feet3; cargo capacity bale: 33,727 feet3; cargo handling equipment comprised, two x winches, and two x derricks, capacity, three tons; bunker fuel capacity: 31 tons diesel-oil; electrical generating apparatus comprised one unit, supplying an output of 6kW, 110V, direct-current.
Lengthened and reconfigured June 1956, by Clelands (Successors) Limited, Willington Quay, Wallsend; Gross Registered Tonnage, post-reconfiguration: 592, Net Registered Tonnage, post-reconfiguration: 305, Dead Weight Tonnage, post-reconfiguration: 829; 59.08 (length overall) x 54.66 (length between perpendiculars) x 8.66 (beam extreme) x 8.61 (beam moulded) x 3.56 (depth moulded) x 3.45 (draught maximum); one deck; three bulk-heads; cargo capacity grain: 40,380 feet3; cargo capacity bale: 39,360 feet3; water ballast capacity: 245 tons; one cargo-hold, of length: 36.80 metres; two cargo-hatches, of length, 10.74 metres, and 16.99 metres and both, of an equal width of 5.26 metres; cargo handling equipment comprised, two x winches, and two x derricks, capacity, three tons; recorded in Lloyds Register of Shipping as being registered to carry one passenger.
Launched, as the Motor Vessel Bianca, Saturday, 19/08/1950, N.V. Scheepswerf 'Waterhuizen' J. Pattje, Waterhuizen, Netherlands; completed and delivered, Tuesday, 24/10/1950, to Derk Schothorst and Ebbe Hylkema, Groningen, Netherlands, (Managers, Carebeka N.V., Groningen), registered, Groningen, Netherlands; sold, Wednesday, 03/02/1954, to London and Rochester Trading Company Limited, Rochester, renamed Kindrence, registered, Rochester; sold, Thursday, 01/04/1971, to Dimitrios P. Kalkassinas, Thessaloniki, Greece, renamed Meropi K, registered, Thessaloniki, Greece; sold, 1972, to Sp. Halaris, and Ch. and N. Koronaios, Piraeus, Greece, renamed Kira Panagia, registered, Piraeus, Greece; sold, 1976, to Crab Shipping Company Limited, Limassol, Cyprus, renamed Anoir K, registered, Limassol, Cyprus; sold, 1978, to Anwar Az Kabbara, Tripoli, Lebanon, registered, Tripoli, Lebanon; ran aground, and sank, Sunday, 24/02/1980, three miles east of Rosetta Lighthouse, Egypt, whilst en route from Limassol, Cyprus to Alexandria, Egypt, with general cargo, crew rescued by lines from the shore; broken-up, Thursday, 13/11/1980, abandoned as a total loss.
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