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Name: MEADOWBANK
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 22/11/1972
Completed: 03/1973
Builder: Swan Hunter Group
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 50
Dimensions: 15461dwt, 11384grt, 161.68 x 22.59 x 8.38metres
Engines: Oil engine, 2SA, 6cyl (760 x 2186mm), 15000bhp
Engines by: Doxford Engines Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 18.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 358893; (IMO: 7233759)
History:
03/1973 Bank Line Ltd (A Weir & Co Ltd, managers), London
1986 On charter, renamed TOANA NIUGINI
1987 Renamed MEADOWBANK
1988 Pacific Diamond Maritime Ltd, Limassol; renamed PRO ATLANTICA
07/2000 Broken up
Comments: Part of a six ship order for Bank Line's round-the-world service
11/07/2000: Broken up at Zhangjiagang in China


Above photo as MEADOWBANK is copyright of Mike Griffiths

Above photo as MEADOWBANK is copyright of Mike Griffiths

Above photo as MEADOWBANK is courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above photo as MEADOWBANK is copyright of Phil Jones

Above photo as TOANA NIUGINI is copyright of Patrick Hill

Above photo as TOANA NIUGINI is copyright of Patrick Hill

Above photo as PRO ATLANTICA is copyright of Patrick Hill