
Tonga/ Tolga/ Takachiho 1968

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: Unknown
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 00.04.1994: Broken up by Gupta Steel (Shipbreakers) in India
