''Vorios Hellas'' was a Hansa A Type cargo ship which was built as ''Sanga'' in 1944 by Lübecker Flenderwerke AG, Lübeck, Germany for Deutsche Afrika Linie, Hamburg . She was seized as a prize of war in 1945, passing to the Ministry of War Transport and renamed ''Empire Gatwick''. She was allocated to Greece in 1947 and was renamed ''Vorios Hellas''. She was sold to Hellenic Lines in 1948. She was sold and scrapped in 1974.

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 compound steam engine, which had two cylinders of and two cylinders of diameter by inches stroke. The engine was built by Waggon- und Maschinenbau GmbH,

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. Rated at 1,200

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, it drove a single screw propeller and could propel the ship at .

History

''Sanga'' was a Hansa A Type cargo ship built in 1944 as yard number 403 by Lübecker Flenderwerke AG, Lübeck, Germany for Deutsche Afrika Linie, Hamburg. She was completed in July 1944. Her port of registry was Hamburg. In May 1945, ''Sanga'' was seized as a prize of war at Copenhagen, Denmark. She was passed to the Ministry of War Transport and was renamed ''Empire Gatwick''. The

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180763 were allocated. Her port of registry was London and she was operated under the management of J T Salvesen Ltd., Leith. In 1947, ''Empire Gatwick'' was allocated to Greece. The Greek government sold her in 1948 to Hellenic Lines and was renamed ''Vorios Hellas''. She was one of two ex-German ships allocated to Hellenic Lines out of the five that they applied for - the other ship was the , Her port of registry was Piraeus and the Code Letters SVSL were allocated. With their introduction in the 1960s, ''Vorios Hellas'' was allocated the Lloyd's Register Number 5383691. She was sold in 1974 to Papageorgiou Bros, Piraeus. She was scrapped in April 1974 by Centas Celik, Gemlik, Turkey.

References

External links

Colour photograph of ''Vorios Hellas''.
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