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9,593 grt; 13,126 dwt
Owned by Australind Steam Shipping Co Ltd, London, with Trinder, Anderson & Co Ltd, London as managers.
Built 1958 by Smith's Dock Ltd, South Bank, Middlesbrough, UK as hull no. 1250 and propelled by a Hawthorn Leslie-built, six-cylinder, two-stroke, opposed-piston Doxford 67LB5 marine diesel engine of 5,500 bhp at 115 rpm, which provided a service speed of 14 knots.
1973-sold/renamed TAI SHAN;
1977-sold/renamed ROCKFERRY;
1982-to breakers at Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Photographed in 1971, inward bound for London and changing pilots off Gravesend
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= third mast/derricks plus hatch between HLD and Bridge!
Regards Peter
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