Ship Details

General Rivera

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Registry #1 168418 (UK) Registry #2 (Liberia Register) Registry #3 (Argentina Register)
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1943 Fort Fairford Name 6
Name 2 1948 General Rivera Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1943 Place North Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 424.7' x 57.2' x 34.9'
Builder North Vancouver Ship Repairs Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 7130 Type 1 Freighter
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine Triple expansion 3-cylinder steam engine Engine Manufacture John Inglis Co. Ltd., Toronto ON
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1943 she was registered at London UK. In 1943 she was owned by the US Wartime Shipping Administration on bare-boat charter to the Ministry of War Transport, London UK (Morel Ltd., mgrs.). In 1948 she was registered at Monrovia Liberia. In 1948 she was owned by Oceanic Transport Corp., Monrovia Liberia and Aristotle S. Onassis, Buenos Aires Argentina.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name José Fructuoso Rivera y Toscana (17 October 1784 – 13 January 1854) was a Uruguayan general and patriot who fought for the liberation of Banda Oriental from Brazilian rule, thrice served as President of Uruguay and was one of the instigators of the long Uruguayan Civil War.[1] He is also considered to be the founder of the Colorado Party, which ruled Uruguay without interruption from 1865 until 1958. He made a controversial decision to almost completely eliminate the native Charrúa during the 1831 Massacre of Salsipuedes.
 
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References
Lloyd's Register 1955/6, Vol. 1; Lloyd's Register 1943/4; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fructuoso_Rivera (website viewed 09/01/2024);
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