Name: | KISTNA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 21/12/1923 |
Completed: | 03/1924 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1152 |
Dimensions: | 1465grt, 672nrt, 278.3 x 40.0 x 14.2ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, Neptune type, 6cyl (17.5 x 35ins), 318nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.5knots |
Reg Number: | 147586 |
History: | |
11/02/1924 | British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London |
1951 | Heap Eng Moh Steamship Co Ltd, Singapore; renamed GIANG BEE |
1958 | Cathay Shipping Corporation, Panama; renamed KIM HWA |
1964 | Transportes Maritimos de San Blas SA, Panama; renamed ROMEO |
1965 | Renamed SINOE |
1966 | Renamed ROMEO |
1966 | King Line SA, Panama; renamed KING HORSE |
10/1971 | Broken up |
Comments: | Accommodation for 12 x passengers |
Built for the Singapore to Bangkok feeder service | |
31/10/1971: Breaking up completed at Singapore by National Shipbreakers |
Above photo as KISTNA is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo of a KISTNA model is courtesy of Cunard
Above cutting is copyright of the Wallsend News 20/11/1970, courtesy of John Dobson