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Name: MORAYBANK
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 01/06/1973
Completed: 11/1973
Builder: Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 51
Dimensions: 15216dwt, 11405grt, 161.68 x 22.59 x 9.60metres
Engines: Oil engine, 2SA, 6 cyl (760 x 2186), 15000bhp
Engines by: Doxford Engines Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 18.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 360861; (IMO: 7320239)
History:
11/1973 Bank Line Ltd (A Weir & Co Ltd, managers), London
1984 Chartered; renamed TOANA PAPUA
1986 Renamed MORAYBANK
1987 Chartered; renamed TOANA PAPUA
1987 Renamed MORAYBANK
1989 Andrew Weir Shipping Ltd, London
1991 Registered at Douglas, Isle of Man
31/03/1998 Broken up
Comments: 31/03/1998: Broken up at Alang, India


Above photo copyright of Dr Allan Ryszka-Onions

Above photo courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above photo, dated 12/06/1996, is copyright of Michael Green

Above photo copyright of Ken Lubi

Above photo copyright of Chris Howell