Tonga/ Tolga/ Takachiho
1968 Bulk Carrier
Buildingyard: Mitsubishi HI Ltd., Yokohama
Built year: 1968
Yard no: 891
Tonnage: GRT: 35955/ NET: 23406/ TDW: 56939
Dims: LOA: 224,01/ BR: 31,86/ DR: 12,243mtr
Machinery : 6-cyl Sulzer by the shipbuilders Hiroshima branch
BHP/ IHP: 13800
Speed: 15,00 knots
Photo:
22.11.1967: Launched
24.02.1968: Completed as TONGA. Price paid: NOK 40.757.640
30.09.1969: Transferred to Arctic Shipping Co Ltd., Hong Kong. Reg in Melbourne/ Australia. Bareboat to Australian National Line.
Renamed TOLGA
00.02.1983: Transferred to Hong Kong registry. Renamed TAKACHIHO
14.11.1984: Sold to Eurolane Maritime Ltd. (H. Glahr & Co. GmbH & Co KG), Cyprus. Renamed ORANGE CORAL
00.00.1988: Sold to Utopia Maritime Co Ltd., Cyprus. Renamed SORAL
00.00.1991: Renamed SAN MARCO
00.00.1993: Sustained damages and was holed in the stern 150 nm from Cape Town. Later sold for scrapping
00.04.1004: Broken up by Gupta Steel (Shipbreakers) in India