SS Vito
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History | |
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Name | SS Vito |
Owner | Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen |
Builder | Gothenburg |
Completed | 1937 |
In service | 1937 |
Out of service | 1978 |
Fate | Broken up for scrap |
General characteristics | |
Type | cargo vessel |
Tonnage | 5,181 tons |
Speed | 13.5 knots |
Remarks
WW 2 Merchant Ship Movement Records maintained by the Australian Navy [1] indicate that as early as June 1940 the SS Vito was carrying cargoes between Australian ports and the islands north of Australia including Singapore, with occasional trips as far field as Aden and to the west coast of the United States of America.