THESEUS (1959, Hellenic Mediterranean)

photo-card, no publisher stated, info sheet (lift up) stuck to back, 

5.5" x 3.5", 140mm x 90mm (approx)

our ref: SRQ986

THESEUS (Hellenic Mediterranean Lines)

Coastal cargo vessel built in 1946 at Gothenburg as Nordanvik for Sven Rydberg. Sold in 1950 and renamed Faxen, and then in 1954 and renamed Harald Berg. Sold to Panamanian owners in 1959 and managed by Hellenic Mediterranean Lines as Theseus. Sold to Navamassa in 1967. She sank off Cyprus 10/1971 en route to Haifa with a cargo of ammonium sulphate.