| History | |
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| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Builder | Hall, Russell & Company |
| Yard number | 859 |
| Launched | 21 November 1957 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs J.F.P. Tate |
| Identification | Official number: 187743 |
| Fate | Sank 1979 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 6,550 GRT |
| Length | 370 ft (110 m) |
| Beam | 53 ft (16 m) |
| Depth | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
SSSugar Transporter was the title of acargo ship built byHall, Russell & Company andlaunched on 21 November 1957. Its construction was sponsored by the wife of Mr. J. F. P. Tate, a director of Silvertown Services Shipping Company Ltd. In 1966, the ship's name was changed toMalmi under new owners from Helsinki, Finland. On 6 December 1979, during a voyage fromGdańsk, Poland to Koverhar,Malmi capsized and sank in theBaltic Sea, 40nautical miles (46 mi; 74 km) northeast ofGotska Sandön, when her cargo ofcoke shifted in heavy weather.[1]
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