MERINGA
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date2 June 1958
Object NameCARGO VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 411' 5" x breadth 53' 5" x depth 22' 10"
Gross Tonnage: 5459 ton
Gross Tonnage: 5459 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002553
Keywords
Yard Number: 865
Official Number: 196770
Fate: arrived in Chittagong Roads 1 January 1993 for breaking up by Bangladesh shipbreakers.
Propulsion: Motor
Description: Bulk sugar carrier, 1 deck, machinery aft.
Owners:
1958: Adelaide Steam Ship Co.
01/1964: Transferred to the Associated Steamship Co. interstate bulk sugar trade.
1979: Owned by Hull Investments Ltd., Melbourne, Australia.
1983: Owned by Grandamar S. A., Panama.
1993: Sold by Coralsea Shipping Limited, Malta, to Bangladesh shipbreaker.
General History:
January 1959: Commenced a steady run from Lucinda Point, North Queensland, to Colonial Sugar Refining Co's sugar refinery at Pyrmont, Sydney.
Notes:
Meringa is an Australian aboriginal word for 'Red soil'
Machinery: Oil 2SA 4 cyl. 560 x 2160 mm 3000bhp Doxford by Ailsa S.B. Co. Ltd., Troon.
Speed: 12.5 knots.
[Details from World Ship Society (Victoria) newsletter 2002, vol. 31, no. 6, by Glen Stuart]
1874
28 July 1815
May 1863
March 1861
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