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Quetzaltenango

Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 9:11 pm
by john sefton
Cargo vessel of the Flota Mercante Gran Centro Americana, Santo Thomas, built in 1958, by Schiffswerft Neptun, at Rostock.
Gross 1760 tons, length 266’3", breadth 39’4".
She is powered by a Gloeckner-Humboldt Deutz Oil Engine.
Stamp design shows the cargo vessel together with a galleon representing the first ship constructed in the Guatemalan boatyard at Iztapa in 1532. The stamp commemorates the formation of the Guatemalan merchant fleet.
Log Book August 1982
Guatemala SG623

Re: Quetzaltenango

Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 9:28 pm
by aukepalmhof
Built under yard No 1000 for Barthold Richters at Hamburg-Poppenbüttel.
29 July 1958 launched as the ILRI.
Same year sold to Flota Mercante Gran Centro Americana, Santo Thomas.
Tonnage 1,813 grt, 1,090 net, 2,750 dwt.
Powered by a 1,650 bhp. diesel, speed 12.5 knots.
1979 Sold to Spanish breakers, and she arrived on 10 September 1979 at Cartagena, Spain for scrapping.

Marine News 1979/611.