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SUMMITY and ELVI KULL

PostPosted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 11:15 am
by TEESMAN
SUMMITY 190487a.jpg
Photo Michael Green
SUMMITY-ELVI KULL 190487a.jpg
Photo Michael Green
ELVI KULL 190487a.jpg
Photo Michael Green
ELVI KULL 190487b.jpg
Photo Michael Green
SUMMITY and ELVI KULL at Seaham 19.04.87

Re: SUMMITY and ELVI KULL

PostPosted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 8:27 pm
by simonships
Summity was lost 6 months later as Sumnia during the famous Michael Fish "Hurricane", when she was blown onto the breakwater at Dover.

Here is an interesting account from one of the DHB duty tugs crews of events that night

http://www.kenthistoryforum.co.uk/index ... #msg109634

Re: SUMMITY and ELVI KULL

PostPosted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 5:32 pm
by magoonigal
The SUMMITY was built at Goole in 1972.
1,595 Gross. 3,283 Dwt. 12.5 knots.
1987. Re SUMNIA.
Lost off Dover 16th October 1987.

ELVI KULL.
Built at Rendsburg in 1955 as REINHOLD KRUSEMARK.
294 Gross. 409 Dwt 8.5 knots.
Subsequent History:

[1958 Lg 50.8m oa, 398gt/642dw] ] - [1978 Lg 57.9/53.9m, 474gt/730dw] - 62 JENS PETER - 84 ELVI KULL - 07 JOHANNA K.