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Bunga Butang - IMO 5152729
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Photographer:Gerolf Drebes [ View profile ]
Title:Bunga Butang
Photo Category:General Cargo Ships Built 1940-1949 (over 3000gt)
Added:May 28, 2011
Views:2,775
Image Resolution:1,600 x 1,078
Description:
Malaysia flag, built 1948, gross tosn 3048, in the strait of Malacca 1975, from an acquired negative of Airfoto,
ex Hoi Wong 1973,
broken up at Jurong 19.9.1980
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Current name:BUNGA BUTANG
Vessel Type:Passenger/cargo Ship
Gross tonnage:2,100 tons
Summer DWT:3,317 tons
Photos:1 photos by 1 photographers
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Completed: 12/1948.
Propulsion: 1 diesel B&W 2-stroke simple 7 cylinder (500x1,100)mm. 2,500bhk
1948 - "HOI WONG" - Skibs A/S Corona (H.M. Wrangell & Co. A/S, Haugesund, Norway.
6/10/1958 - grounded on Bombay Reef, Paracel Islands on a voyage (China-Singapore). 700 tons of cargo dumped. Passengers and crew taken by helicopter to U.S.S. HELENA (CA-75)
Ref: http://www.usshelena.org/rescue2.html
Repaired.
31/12/1972 - struck "CHERRY CHEPAT" while berthing at Rejong, Sarawak causing severe damage to the latter.
1973 - "BUNGA BUTANG" - Malaysian International Shipping Corp. Bhd., Penang, Malaysia
9/1980 - broken up at Jurong, Singapore.
Sources: nzshipmarine.co.
http://skipshistorie.net/
http://www.miramarshipindex.nz/ship/5152729
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