Taurus

[coasterspotter]

Taurus seen arriving at Colchester. Undated

Built: 1935
GRT: 315
Flag: Netherlands

Paul Allen collection reproduced with kind permission from Terry Bird

[Leslie Spurling]

Paul,


The ship was not built in 1935 of 315 gross tons - that was the TARZAN ex Greta, Depa. This ship was built in 1914 by H. van der Werf at Stadskanaal as a sailing vessel named ROELFIENA and later converted into a motor coaster. After passing from Dutch ownership to Danish, she ended up as a radio ship "LUCKY STAR", broadcasting as Radio Mercur. Finally ended her days being broken up in 1974.


Leslie