Name: | TURKISTAN |
Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 12/09/1962 |
Completed: | 15/01/1963 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 611 |
Dimensions: | 6788grt, 3637nrt, 470.0 x 65.5 x 39.1ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 2SA, 6cyl (670 x 2100mm), 10000bhp |
Engines by: | William Doxford & Sons (Engines) Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 17.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 304416 |
History: | |
15/01/1963 | Strick Line Ltd, London |
1973 | Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London |
1975 | Renamed STRATHASSYNT |
1978 | Amber Star Maritime SA, Panama; renamed AMBER STAR |
1980 | Vietnam Ocean Shipping Co, Haiphong; renamed LUC NGAN |
24/06/1985 | Broken up |
Comments: | 24/06/1985: Broken up by Ishikawajima Kogyo at Aioi, Japan |
Above photo as TURKISTAN is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo as TURKISTAN is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo as TURKISTAN is copyright of Trevor Jones
Above photo as TURKISTAN is copyright of Barny Hunt
Above photo as TURKISTAN is courtesy of George Robinson
Above photo as TURKISTAN is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield
Above photo as STRATHASSYNT is copyright of Peter J Fitzpatrick
Above photo as LUC NGAN is copyright of Chris Howell