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Ship: | SOKOTO | Arrived: | 31 July 1984 | Departed: | 15 Sep 1984 | Career: | Standard type Polish built Elder Dempster Line ship owned by Midland Montagu Leasing Ltd., London.
Flag: United Kingdom.
Ex names: Sokoto-83, Bello Folawiyo-84.
Renamed: 86-General Urdaneta, 92-Meng Horng, 93-Meng Kiat, broke tow & wrecked near Kalam, Vasai, India 3/7/98 reported as Meng Kai.
Swivelled by Ashley Upsher 1 Aug 1984.
Mid Essex WSS - Lloyds List: arrived 31 Jul 1984 sailed 15 Sep 1984 | Tonnage: | 9,145 gross | Built: | 1978 | Type: | Cargo ship | Owner: | Elder Dempster | LR/IMO Number: | 7712133 | ID | 7712133 |
| Above: SOKOTO laid up in River Blackwater Date: 9 September 1984. Source: Mersea Museum / John Jones | | Above: SOKOTO laid up in the River Blackwater. Date: 26 August 1984. Source: Mersea Museum / Derek Sands | | Above: Ships laid up in the River Blackwater. ALIAKMON RIVER on the left, with SAPELE and SOKOTO in the distance. SOKOTO was in the river 1 August 1984 to 15 September 1984, helping date the photograph. Date: cSeptember 1984. Source: Mersea Museum / Ted Ingham |
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