Photographer: | rovno [View profile] | Title: | BEACON HILL | Added: | Jan 02, 2006 | Captured: | | IMO: | 6522725 | Hits: | 1,176 | Location: | Fremantle, Australia | Photo Category: |
Reefers built before 1980 | Description: | Inbound to Fremantle WA 14/5/1983
Built 1966 by Lithgows Ltd., Scotland, as WESTMORLAND for the Federal Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., part of the P&O group. Her 3 sister ships, TAUPO, TEKOA and TONGARIRO, were delivered to the New Zealand Shipping Co., another P&O group company. Became FARES REEFER in 1980 then, in 1983, purchased by the Vestey group and registered to Dunstan Shipping Co., Hong Kong. As BEACON HILL she looks handsome despite 3 lots of boot-topping on show. |
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