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Booth Line's M.V. "Vamos" |
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Built: |
Grommens Mek Veks, Frederickstad |
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Dimensions: |
250.6 x 37.85 x 13.3 feet |
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Tonnage: |
Gross: 1090 Net: 512 |
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Propulsion: |
Single
screw,
7-Cyl
,2-stroke oil engine of 1260 bhp by Nydqvist & Holm, Trolhattan |
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Type: |
Cargo Liner |
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Completed: |
1952 as Vamos
for Skibs A/S, Eidsiva, Sverre Ditlev-Simonsen, Oslo |
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Purchased: |
1954 by Panama Shipping Corp. and bareboat chartered to
Booth Line who were then shown as the owners |
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Lengthened: |
1964 increasing her tonnage to 1700 tons |
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Sold: |
1968 to Rapier & Ray Navigation Co., Panama and renamed
Defiance |
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Foundered: |
28/6/1969 some 270 miles south of Callao, while bound for
Antofagasta-Callao |
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Booth Line's Vamos at Iquitos, Peru
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The Vamos was acquired in 1954 for the New York
- Brazil service and was ideally sized for operation to Iquitos, being of
small size and shallow draft. She also saw service from Montreal to the West
Indies and British Guiana.
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