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Name: MARABANK
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 26/10/1962
Completed: 02/1963
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1929
Dimensions: 5969grt, 3319nrt, 10387dwt, 486.3 x 63.2 x 26.3ft
Engines: Oil engine, Sulzer type, 2SCSA, 5cyl (760 x 1550mm), 7500bhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 15.0knots
Reg Number: 304152
History:
02/1963 Bank Line Ltd (Andrew Weir & Co Ltd), Glasgow
1978 Franicons Cia Nav SA, Piraeus; renamed GOOD LADY
1980 Good Lady Shipping Co SA, Panama
02/03/1985 Broken up
Comments: 02/03/1985: Arrived at Chittagong for breaking up by Section Steel Industries


Above photo as MARABANK is copyright of Mike Cornwall

Above photo as MARABANK is copyright of Chris Howell

Above photo as GOOD LADY is copyright of Harold Appleyard