Name: | ARMANISTAN |
Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 30/11/1948 |
Completed: | 21/04/1949 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 561 |
Dimensions: | 8409grt, 5072nrt, 492.4 x 62.2 x 30.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (29, 48 & 81 x 54ins) with LP turbine, 6100ihp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 183004 |
History: | |
22/04/1949 | Strick Line Ltd (FC Strick & Co Ltd), London |
1965 | Conway Transport Corporation, Monrovia; renamed CONWAY |
1967 | Manfiba Shipping Co SA, Piraeus; renamed MITERA MARIA |
1971 | Fouad A Khayat & Co, Mogadishu; renamed MARBELLA |
06/01/1974 | Broken up |
Comments: | 13/02/1973: Damaged by fire in her engine-room at Karachi |
06/01/1974: Sailed from Karachi for Gadani Beach to be broken up | |
01/1974: Broken up at Gadani Beach by Dada Steel Mills |
Above photo as ARMANISTAN is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo as ARMANISTAN is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo as ARMANISTAN is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Above photo as ARMANISTAN is courtesy of Chris Howell
Above photo as MARBELLA is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield