LOBITO PALM (1960)/OLNA (1945)

[teesships]

LOBITO PALM while fitting out alongside the Neptune yard
(name can just be made out on the shed behind in the second view!)
LOBITO PALM (5210143), 6157gt, completed Swan, Hunter 9-1960.
1979 LOBITO PAL (how economical!) - 1980 MINOA - 1980 PERUVIAN TRADER -
1982 RICHMOND - 1984 EURCO R - BU Chittagong 16.5.84 [Section Steel]

OLNA forward in first view. OLNA, 12660gt, completed Swan, Hunter, Wallsend, 5-1945, launched as HYALINA.
BU Castellon 19.1.67 [L.E.Varela Davalillo]

(Teesside Branch WSS Albert Weller Collection)
Ron

[Palmship]

Sister to the Lagos Palm/61 6 cylinder Doxford engines rather than the 4 cylinders in the rest of the fleet made them the perfect candidates for the Express service to West Africa as offered by UKWAL

[teesships]

50 YEARS AGO TODAY

LOBITO PALM in Tees Dock - 1 September 1975:

Ron M

[teesships]

50 YEARS AGO TODAY

LOBITO PALM in Tees Dock - 7 Septembr 1975:

Ron M