Refrigerated cargo ship “Australic” in Japan's Inland Sea, May 1976
Owner: Rederei Transatlantic A/B, Gothenburg
Manager: Per Carlsson, Gothenburg
Flag: Sweden
Port of registry: Gothenburg
Builder: Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstads A/B, Gothenburg
Gross tons: 8,002
Deadweight: 8,392
Length overall: 149.23 m
Engine: 8-cylinder B&W diesel, 10,000 b.h.p., by Uddevallavarvet A/B, Uddevalla, Sweden
Service speed: 19 knots
Launched 1964 as “Albany”
Completed March 1965 as “Australic”
Sold 1978 to National Progress Compania Naviera SA, Piraeus (managers Comninos Bros. Shipping Co.), renamed “Ionian Reefer”
Sold 1985 to Marine Heaven Inc., Panama, renamed “Reefer Tiger” (same managers)
(Date?) re-registered in Piraeus as “Reefer Turbo”
Sold 1989 to Gemini Maritime International SA, Piraeus (managers Comninos Enterprises SA), retaining name.
Sold 1991 to Daftok Shipping, Ltd., Valetta (managers International Reefer Services SA), retaining name
Sold October 1993 for demolition at Bombay