'3.12.58. Collided with KING MINOS near Dungeness. Broke in two, forepart beached near Rye, after part sank.'
'Collision (KING MINOS) 12nm off Dungeness 3.12.58 & beached 50.46N/00.55E [Montreal-Helsinki, grain].'
'Sank following collision... in dense fog. Later raised and broken up.'
'The Greek ship PRODROMOS was involved in a collision with the KING MINOS... during a fog, about 2.5 miles
South of Rye Harbour. The forepart was taken in tow but no trace was found of the after part which was cut off from
No5 hatch.'
Source 3 gives her position as (a very approximate) 51N, 01.20E.
Whatever wreckage remains, comprises of only her stern section, but the positions given by sources 3 and 4 suggest
that she could be anywhere from 2.5 miles south of Rye Harbour, to up to 12 miles eastwards (Admiralty charts 536
amd 1892). The vessel has not been charted by the UK Hydrographic Office and there is no indication that it has thus
far been found.
Built: 1943 (all sources)
Where built: Permananente
Builder: Richmond
LBD: 128.87 x 17.37m ; 126.8 x 17.3
Tonnage: 7194 , 10865 dwt
Propulsion: Screw-driven triple expansion engines
Speed: 11knots
Ownership / vessel history:
1943 WSA (Polarus Steamship Company Limited) - Named JAMES B HICKOK and served as a liberty ship ; was
sold into private hands in 1947.; Owned by US Government and registered in San Francico
1948 Re-named PRESIDENT PRETORIUS, owned by Southern Steamship Limited, Johannesburg.
1948 Registered to Northern Steamship Limited, Johannesburg. ; Registered in Cape Town, New Zealand.
1952 Re-named CENTURION, and registered to Cia. Navarra Hidalgo, Monrovia under a Liberian flag (Southern
Star Shipping Company, New York).
1954 Re-named PRODROMOS, and registered to Cia. Navarra Prodromos in Panama under a Liberian flag (Lemos
and Pateras, London). ; Source 8 gives her registration place as Monrovia, while Source 3 states that she was
registered in Piraeus just prior to her loss.

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