LE NATAL

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General cargo ship “Le Natal” (date & place unknown)
Owner: Cie. des Messageries Maritimes, Paris
Flag: France
Builder: Chantiers Naval de La Ciotat, La Ciotat
Gross tons: 7,051
Deadweight: 8,953
Length overall: 148.9 m
Max. draft: 7.9 m
Engine: 9-cylinder B&W type VTF 974 diesel, 8,300 b.h.p., by Soc. Forg. et At du Creosot, Le Creosot
Service speed: 16 knots
Completed 1958
Sold July 1976 to Valenciennes Navigation Corp., Morovia, renamed “Trapi”
Sold 1977 to Astrolabe Nav Corp., Panama, renamed “Badile”
Sold April 1979 for demolition at Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Photo scanned from slide given to me by Mike Lee, a one-time fellow World Ship Society member who I believe has since passed away