Greta Dan - IMO 5421819

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Greta Dan, 1952, IMO 5421819, Aalborg Værft # 92, del: 07-04-1952.

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IDNo-IMO: 5421819
Call sign: OYIQ
Year: 1952
Type: Cargo ship
Name: GRETA DAN
Homeport: Esbjerg
Flag: DNK
Owner: Rederiet Ocean A/S, København, (J. Lauritzen, København).

Contract: 12-12-1947
Keel: 19-08-1950
Launch Date: 26-09-1951
Date of completion: 07-04-1952

BRT: 4687
NRT: 2612
DWT: 6100

Length overall: 115.1 m
LPP: 109.15 m
Beam: 15.8 m
D: 5,50 m

Country of build: DNK
Builder: Aalborg Vaerft A/S
Yard No: 92
Location of yard: Aalborg

Number of Screws/= Single screw – Mchy/= Diesel-type= B & W type 862-VTF-115 with 8 cylinders and 4400 Brake-hp approx. 6000 IHP - Speed/= 15.5 knots
End: 1979

Subsequent History:
1963 OLAU GORM - 1970 SANTA EVDOCIA - 1973 ATHALNIKOLAS - 1974 AYIOS NIKOLAS - 1976 FAST BREEZE
Disposal Data: BU at Gadani Beach 23-01-1979, (reason= stranding damages from 13-07-1978)

5421819 1952 GRETA DAN 4687 1952 Rederiet Ocean A/S DNK Esbjerg
5421819 1952 OLAU GORM 4687 1963 Olau-Line A/S DNK Copenhagen
5421819 1952 SANTA EVDOCIA 4687 1970 Cia Maritima Anthousa SA GRC Piraeus
5421819 1952 ATHALNIKOLAS 4687 1973 Cia Maritima Anthousa SA GRC Piraeus
5421819 1952 AYIOS NIKOLAS 4687 1974 Fast Skipper Cia Naviera SA GRC Piraeus
5421819 1952 FAST BREEZE 4687 1976 Fast Skipper Cia Naviera SA GRC Piraeus



1963 = Sold 30-07 to Olau Line A / S, Hellerup. Renamed "Olau Gorm."

1970 = Sold 14-07 Compania Maritima Anthousa SA, Panama. Renamed "Santa Evdokia".

1973 = Renamed "Athalnikolas".

1974 = Sold Fast Skipper Compania Nav. SA, Panama. Responsible broker/owner: Kimon Anthanassiades, Piraeus. Renamed "Ayios Nikolas".

1976 = Renamed "Fast Breeze".

1978 = Grounded 13-07 at position 17.11 N - 41, 46 Island in the Red Sea during the trip from Piraeus to Gizan.

1978 = She was pulled clear of the ground, and continued the journey. Later declared unfit for reconstruction. Sold to Echardt Marine Purchaser for Pakistani shredders.

1978 = Arrived 27-09 to Karachi for scrapping.

1979 = Transferred to German register by Eckhardt Marine Co. She got the call signs: DHOV, (Eckhardt Marine Co. acted as a cash-buyer for a Pakistani ship-breaking-company… Eckhardt Marine Co. managed/handled demolitions on a Global scale).

1979 = Demolition started 18-01 at Mercantine Trading Co., Ltd.

She was a sister-ship to Bella Dan, the Yards new-building number # 77 from 1950.
Her Virgin-journey went from Norway to Egypt. There-after she was operating on the company’s West Coast Line.