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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