BADEN
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History

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Launched
14.08.1950. Completed in December 1950 as " VICTORIA" for Diana
Cia. Naviera S.A. (Management: Freighters & Tankers Agency Corp., New
York) (G. Nicolaou, London), Panama. Cargo gear: 10 cargo winches.
Derricks: 1x 25ton SWL heavy lift "Jumbo", 10x 5ton SWL. Call
sign: HOXV. 01.06.1951:
Purchased by "Nautilus" Soc. Anon.
di Navigazione Marittima, Lugano & Glarus, and registered at Basilea,
Switzerland. Renamed
"BADEN". Official No: 035. Call sign: HBDI. Went
aground on 24.11.1952, 10 miles downstream of Libreville. Refloated
03.12.1952 undamaged. 1954:
The mangement taken over by Keller Shipping Ltd., Basel. Later
in 1954 bought by Keller Shipping Ltd., Basel. Not renamed. 1966:
Lloyd's Register No: 5033545. Sold
23.09.1973 to Tim Shipping Co. S.A. (Management: Sea Brokers Inc., Piraeus),
Piraeus and renamed "NATRADER". Official No: ? Call sign: SYWU. Bought
November 11th. 1973 at Lübeck by Astro Atlantico Armadora S. A., Panama
and renamed 1974 "TRADER". Official No: ? Call sign: HOUM. Sold
for demolition to Eckhardt & Co. GmbH., Hamburg, and arrived on
20.11.1974 from Lulea, Sweden at Hamburg. Resold to Spanish breakers, and having sailed in tow 21.03.1975 bound for Santander, and arrived there on 28.03.1975. |