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Shipbuilder (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Owner (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
Date6 June 1956
Object NameCARGO VESSEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 356' x breadth 50' 6" x depth 22'
Gross Tonnage: 4245 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002542
About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 854
Subsequent Names: KOTA BERKAT (1977); SALINA (1977); MALDIVE AMITY (1980)

Fate: Broken up at Karachi, December 1983.

Propulsion: Motor
Description: Single screw, cargo vessel, raised quarterdeck, four holds.

Owners:
1956: Australian Steamships Pty., Ltd, Sydney, NSW.
1968: Owned by Howard Smith Industries Pty. Ltd.
1977: Owned by Pacific International Lines, Singapore.

General History:
Launched 6 June 1956 named by Mrs Thornthwaite, wife of Mr T. G. Thornthwaite, a director of the shipowning company.


The cargo vessel Abel Tasman Built by Hall Russell in 1957
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
10 September 1957
JUNELLA
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
6 March 1962
IXIA
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
19 January 1965
ADMIRAL BURNETT
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
17 May 1961
MOUNT ROYAL
John Lewis & Sons
1962
WOODSIDE
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1 October 1959
STAR OF THE ISLES
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
28 July 1960
ABERDEEN EXPLORER
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
17 May 1965
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
26 September 1974
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
26 May 1959
COREOPSIS
Alexander HALL & Co.
1911
NORTHELLA
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
8 July 1964
WHITE PIONEER
John Lewis & Sons
1935
QUATHLAMBA
Alexander HALL & Co.
February 1879
STRATHLEE
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1917
Black and white photograph of the trawler Prince Philip (905)
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
23 May 1963
NORTH CITY
DUTHIE
December 1889
CAPTAIN INMAN
John Lewis & Sons
1962
CAPTAIN FREMANTLE
John Lewis & Sons
1959
LADY PARKES
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
22 February 1966