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Name: GIMADA
Type: Landing Craft
Launched: 23/05/1955
Completed: 07/1955
Builder: Clelands (Successors) Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 206
Dimensions: 210grt, 63nrt, 110.0 x 26.7 x 5.0ft
Engines: 2 x Oil engines, 4SCSA, 8cyl (5.5 x 7.75ins)
Engines by: Gardner & Sons Ltd, Manchester
Propulsion: 2 x Screws
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 196130
History:
07/1955 D’Arcy Exploration Company Ltd
14/11/1955 Registered at Port Moresby
1957 Owners restyled as BP Exploration Company Ltd
1960 Pacific Island Barges Ltd, Port Moresby
1975 Renamed GURUBI
1976 Renamed SEPIK DESTINY
No later history known
Comments: 18/08/1955: Departed Tyne in tow to Port Moresby
19/11/1955: Arrived at Port Moresby


Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 15/07/1955

Extract from the Shipbuilder & Marine Engine Builder courtesy of Terry Summerson