''Filio'' was a Hansa A Type cargo ship which was built as ''Njong'' in 1944 by Stettiner Vulkan Werft AG, Stettin,

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Germany. She was seized as a

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in 1945, passing to the

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and renamed ''Empire Garland''. She was sold in 1946 and was renamed ''Sheldrake''. She was sold to Liberia in 1959 and renamed ''Salamstar''. Sold to Greece in 1960 and renamed ''Ambelos''. She was sold in 1961 and renamed ''Marmina''. A final sale in 1968 saw her renamed ''Filio''. She served until 1972, when she was scrapped.

Description

The ship was long, with a beam of . She had a depth of , and a draught of . She was assessed as , , . The ship was propelled by a

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, which had two cylinders of and two cylinders of diameter by inches stroke. The engine was built by Stettiner Vulkan Werft AG. Rated at 1,200 IHP, it drove a single screw propeller and could propel the ship at .

History

''Njong'' was a Hansa A Type cargo ship built in 1944 as

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28 by Stettiner Vulkan Werft AG, Stettin,

for Deutsche Afrika-Linien,

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

, Germany. She was launched in January 1944 and completed in December. Her port of registry was Hamburg. In May 1945, ''Njong'' was seized as a

at Flensburg. She was passed to the

and was renamed ''Empire Garland''. The Code Letters GJLT and United Kingdom Official Number 180609 were allocated. Her port of registry was

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and she was operated under the management of the Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Co. Ltd. In 1947, ''Empire Garland'' was sold to the General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. and was renamed ''Sheldrake''. In May 1958, a wages dispute amongst the crew whilst she was at

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, Canada meant that a new crew had to be flown out. Eighteen crewmen were charged with refusing to sail. In 1958, ''Sheldrake'' was sold to Johal Navigation Ltd,

Monrovia Monrovia () is the capital city of the West African country of Liberia. Founded in 1822, it is located on Cape Mesurado on the Atlantic coast and as of the 2008 census had 1,010,970 residents, home to 29% of Liberia’s total population. As th ...

, Liberia and was renamed ''Salamstar''. She was sold in 1961 to Johal Navigation Ltd,

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, Greece and renamed ''Ambelos''. She was sold later that year to N J Goumas, Piraeus and was renamed ''Marmina''. She was sold to Constantine Raikos & Filiou Raikou, Piraeus in 1968 and renamed ''Filio''. She arrived at Aspropyrgos, Greece on 15 June 1972 for scrapping by N Tzonis.

References

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