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PAOLA C - IMO 6508456
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Photographer:David Hornsby [ View profile ]
Captured:Feb 16, 1978
Title:Paola C
Location:Southampton, United Kingdom
Photo Category:General Cargo Ships Built 1960-1969 (over 3000gt)
Added:Jan 29, 2022
Views:833
Image Resolution:3,888 x 2,588
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Former Union Castle mail ship GOOD HOPE CASTLE sailing from lay-up at 101 berth on her delivery voyage to new Italian owners
July 1984 sold to Chinese breakers as PAOLA.
On right is her still laid-up sister SOUTHAMPTON CASTLE IMO 6503078 shortly to be renamed FRANCA C
Scanned from my original slide
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Vessel Type:General Cargo
Gross tonnage:10,184 tons
Summer DWT:11,211 tons
Photos:9 photos by 9 photographers
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I don't think that the FRANCA C, the former SOUTHAMPTON CASTLE entered dry dock before her delivery voyage to Genoa and her funnel colour's were changed to Costas whilst alongside berth 101. But I might be mistaken and that she actually did dry dock beforehand.
They were great looking ships indeed and even to this day I miss the iconic Union Castle Line colours.
The PAOLA C departed berth 101 for the number 6 Trafalgar Dry Dock in the port's Eastern Docks for an inspection as well as the adoption of the Costa Line funnel colour's.
Her dry docking period was short and it was after this that she finally departed her former home port for the last time on her delivery voyage to Genoa.
I don't have the exact date on which she finally left the port of Southampton but I remember seeing her personally in the Trafalgar Dry Dock and I have a photo of her or I did have showing her with her Costa Line funnel colour's.
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