Name: | KHUZISTAN |
Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 15/09/1954 |
Completed: | 01/1955 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 580 |
Dimensions: | 7523grt, 4231nrt, 478.0 x 58.5 x 26.1ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, 4cyl (670 x 2320mm), 4400bhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co (1938) Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 13.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 186174; (IMO: 5186407) |
History: | |
12/01/1955 | Strick Line Ltd (FC Strick & Co Ltd), London |
05/1972 | Managers became P&O General Cargo Division |
01/1973 | Nilmore Ltd (Anglo Eastern Shipping Co Ltd), Mogadishu |
01/1973 | Renamed FOOCHOW |
1975 | Foochow Shipping Inc, Mogadishu |
1977 | Broken up |
Comments: | 30/05/1976: Serious engine damage on a voyage from Penang to Tsingtao |
02/06/1976: Arrived at Singapore under tow | |
17/02/1977: Left Singapore under tow for Whampoa | |
02/1977: Broken up at Whampoa |
Above photo is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo, dated 09/06/1968, is copyright of Dennis Maccoy
Above photo is copyright of Dick Parsons