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T2-SE-A1
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"Esso den Haag (1)" ex. "Hobkirk's Hill (2)".
"Esso den Haag (1)" ex. "Hobkirk's Hill (2)".
"Esso den Haag (1)" ex. "Hobkirk's Hill (2)".
"Esso den Haag (1)" ex. "Hobkirk's Hill (2)".
"Esso den Haag (1)" ex. "Hobkirk's Hill (2)".
 
"Frixos", ex. "Esso den Haag (1)" ex. "Hobkirk's Hill (2)", before rebuilding as a Bulk Carrier.
 
"Frixos", ex. "Esso den Haag (1)" ex. "Hobkirk's Hill (2)", arrived at the N.D.S.M. - Yard at Amsterdam, for rebuilding.
 
"Frixos", ex. "Esso den Haag (1)" ex. "Hobkirk's Hill (2)".
 
"Frixos", ex. "Esso den Haag (1)" ex. "Hobkirk's Hill (2)".
 
"Frixos", ex. "Esso den Haag (1)" ex. "Hobkirk's Hill (2)", arrived at the N.D.S.M. - Yard at Amsterdam, for rebuilding.
"Hobkirk's Hill" after the war.
 
New foreship/Mid section.
 
Midship accomodation/Bridge, put in place on the aftship.
 
Before fitted with the new foreship.
 
Joining the 2 parts together.
 
"Frixos", ex. "Esso den Haag (1)" ex. "Hobkirk's Hill (2)"
( Photo Copyright Walter E. Frost )
 "Frixos", ex. "Esso den Haag (1)" ex. "Hobkirk's Hill (2)"
( Photo Copyright Walter E. Frost )
"Shelly", ex. "Frixos", ex. "Esso den Haag (1)" ex. "Hobkirk's Hill (2)", in 1970 when
acquired by Taiwanese-owned Outerocean Navigation Corp., Ltd.
Photo taken when she was at anchor in Port of Seattle waters in October 1975.
 
"Shelly", ex. "Frixos", ex. "Esso den Haag (1)" ex. "Hobkirk's Hill (2)".
( Photo Copyright Marc Piche )
 "Shelly", ex. "Frixos", ex. "Esso den Haag (1)" ex. "Hobkirk's Hill (2)" at Vancouver, Canada, October 14th, 1972.
( Photo Copyright Steve Klassen )

HOBKIRK'S HILL, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania.
Yardnumber 418. UMSC No. 1751. Official nr. 246299,
Keel laid 15-04-1944. Launched 26-07-1944. Completed 12-08-1944. Gr. 10296 t., Net. 6236 t., Dw. 16613 t. L.o.a. 159,57 m., Br. 20,78 m., Dr. 9,31 m. Engine: 2 steam turbines, manufactured by Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, Pittsburgh. 7240 B.h.p., 5401 kW. Speed 15 knots. 26 Tanks.
History:
HOBKIRK’S HILL-1944 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Philadelphia, USA.
ESSO DEN HAAG-1946 for Petroleum Industrie Mij., NV , ’s Gravenhage, Netherlands.
ESSO DEN HAAG-1958 for Esso Tankvaart Maatschappij, ’s Gravenhage, Netherlands.
FRIXOS-1959 for Sealanes Shipping Company, Piraeus, Greece.
FRIXOS-1965 for Sealanes Shipping Company, Monrovia, Liberia.
SHELLEY-1976 for Outerocean Nav., Corp Ltd., Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Additional Reports:
Reported Frixos lengthened, widened and converted into bulk carrier in 1960 by replacement of cargo section with new midbody built by Nederlandsche Dok en Scheepsbouw Maatschappij, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Delivered Mar. 1960.
New Dimensions 178.7 / 172.6 x 22.9 m, 15020 grt / 24246 dwt.
Reported Shelley sold to shipbreakers in Taiwan. Arrived Kaohsiung 2 Dec. 1976 to be broken up.