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Name: MERKARA
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 22/06/1970
Completed: 10/03/1971
Builder: Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd
Yard: Neptune
Yard Number: 22
Dimensions: 11143grt, 5947nrt, 13591dwt, 144.79 x 23.17 x 12.96metres
Engines: Oil engine, 2SA, Sulzer 6RND90, 6cyl (900 x 1550mm), 17400bhp
Engines by: Hawthorn, Leslie (Engineers) Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 19.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 341262; (IMO: 7204411)
History:
10/03/1971 British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London
1973 P & O Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London
1975 Renamed STRATHMEIGLE
1982 United Thai Shipping Corp Ltd, Bankok; renamed KANNIKAR
15/09/1987 Broken up
Comments: 15/09/1987: Broken up at Huangpu, China


Above photo as MERKARA is copyright of Peter Crichton

Above photo as MERKARA is copyright of Paul Strathdee

Above photo as STRATHMEIGLE is copyright of Chris Howell

Above photo as KANNIKAR is copyright of Chris Howell

Above photo as KANNIKAR is copyright of Paul Strathdee

Above photo as KANNIKAR is copyright of Colin Campbell