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Shipbuildervessel built by Hall, Russell & Company, Limited (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)

Shipownervessel built for Colonial Sugar Refining Co. Ltd, Sydney

Date15 January 1957

Object NameCARGO VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 390' x breadth 54' 8" x depth 23' 9"
Gross Tonnage: 4469 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002544

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 856
Subsequent Names: PAN ORIENTE (1972); EASTERN VENUS (1975)

Fate: Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, March 1980.

Propulsion: Motor
Description: Bulk sugar, molasses and general cargo carrier.

Owners:
1957: Colonial Sugar Refining Co. Sydney.
1972-73: Cia. Pan Oriente S.A. Panama.
1975: Sold to Eastern Shipping Lines Inc, registered to Manila, Philippine.

General History:
Launched 15 January 1957 by Lady Knox, wife of Sir Edward Knox, chairman of the shipowning company.
'specially constructed for carriage of molasses in bulk, specially constructed side and deep tanks, fitted with steam heating coils to maintain the correct temperature.'
'To operate from Sydney to North Queensland ports, the Fiji Islands and New Zealand, carrying molasses and sugar in bulk to refineries in Australia and general cargo back to Fiji and our ports.'
(Burntisland Group Journal, vol. 25, no.2, April 1957)

Note:
4 cylinder Doxford diesel engines