Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship: FOGLARO (1962-1967 Ore carrier 489 feet long of Rederi AB Regulus (Rex), Stockholm, Sweden)

Port of Registry: Stockholm (Sweden)
Net Tonnage: -
Reg Tonnage: -
Gross Tonnage: -
Deadweight Tonnage: -

Hans Hasse writes :

Off.no / IMO: 8692 / ? Build: 1944 Shipyard: Gotaverken AB, Gothenburg, Sweden. # 594
Dwt: 12.100 Grt: 9.125 Nrt: 5.244
Speed: 13 knots Dim: 148,98 x 18,11 x 10,83 m.
14/12 1944: Delivered to Rederi AB Grangesberg, Stockholm, Sweden as RAUTAS.
1962: Sold to Rederi AB Regulus (Rex), Stockholm, Sweden and renamed FOGLARO.
1967: Rederi AB Regulus is purchased by Salénkoncernen, Stockholm, no change of name.
1970: Transferred to Rederi AB Rex (Saléns), Stockholm, Sweden.
1975: Company name changed to Salénrederierna AB.
March 1975: Laid up in Stockholm, Sweden.
20/9 1977: Sold to F:a Skrot & Avfallsprodukter, Gothenburg, Sweden.
1977: Sold to Eckhardt & Co., Hamburg, W. Germany.
20/10 1977: Arrived in tow to Hamburg to be loaded with scrap metal, and then towed to Pasajes in Spain and arrived 28/11 for discharge.
15/12 1977: Arrived in tow to Britton Ferry to be broken up by T. W. Ward Ltd. U.K.