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Blue Star's M.V. "Deben" | ||
| Built: | Boele's Scheepswerven & Machinefabriek N.V., Bolnes, Holland | ||
| ON: | 308078 | ||
| Dimensions: | 55.94 x 8.72 x 3.341 metres | ||
| Tonnage: | Gross: 500 Net: 289 | ||
| Propulsion: | 6-Cyl 4 S.C.S.A. oil engine of 530 bhp by Blackstone & Co. Ltd., Stamford | ||
| Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Liner | ||
| Launched: | 18/2/1966 (Yard No. 1023) as Deben for Blue Star Line Ltd. | ||
| Completed: | 03/1966 G. T. Gillie & Blair Ltd., Newcastle appointed managers | ||
| Sold: | 1971 to Mardorf, Peach & Co. Ltd., London and renamed Gretchen Weston. Management remained unchanged | ||
| Sold: | 1976 to Ramsey S.S. Co. Ltd., (Bernard. T. Swales manager), Ramsey and renamed Ben Ain | ||
| Management ceased: | 1977 | ||
| Still in service: | 1988 | ||
| Sister ship: | Crouch | ||
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| Deben at Le Havre in 1968 - Photograph © Peter Stacey | |||
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| Deben on the UK coast ~ Painting by Wallace Trickett | |||
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