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AMAZON - IMO 5013648

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Photographer:
Malcolm Cranfield [ View profile ]
Title:
Amazon
Location:
Gravesend, London, United Kingdom
Photo Category:
Cruise Ships And Liners Built 1950-1960
Added:
Jan 27, 2017
Views:
1,369
Image Resolution:
3,737 x 2,118

Description:

27th January 1967, exactly fifty years ago today, was the first of three full days spent at Gravesend armed with a new camera bought at Wimbledon.

The third ship to be photographed on that day was Royal Mail Lines' AMAZON, built at Belfast in 1959.

She was transferred to Shaw, Savill & Albion in 1968 and renamed AKAROA but sold in 1971 to Ugland for conversion into the vehicle carrier AKARITA.

Later: 1977 HUAL AKARITA - 80 AKARITA

AKARITA finally arrived at Kaohsiung in December 1981 for breaking.

Vessel
particulars

Current name:
AKARITA

Former name(s):

 -  Akaroa (Until 1971)

 -  Amazon (Until 1968)

IMO:
5013648
Status:
Dead
Build year:
1959
Builder:
Harland & Wolff Heavy Industries - Belfast, U.k.
Vessel Type:
Vehicles Carrier
Gross tonnage:
11,081 tons
Summer DWT:
9,400 tons
Photos:
21 photos by 10 photographers

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Vehicle Carriers - 2 photos

Cruise Ships and Liners - 1 photos

Cruise Ships and Liners built 1950-1960 - 18 photos

Photographers
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Paul Strathdee

1 photos

Robert J Smith

2 photos

Malcolm Cranfield

3 photos

Hornstein

3 photos

Gordy

1 photos

Chris Howell

6 photos

GORDON DALZELL

1 photos

librising

1 photos

Linesman

1 photos

Wolfgang Fricke

2 photos

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Great photo. Those final Royal Mail passenger liners were beautiful ships but too conservative in terms of design. The French built a similar-type ship, the PASTEUR in 1966 and this one did last even less time than the RML sisters, only 6 years

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..superb photo from the new camera Malcolm...

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Was my favourite SHIP (the best looking, and for me, an adorable one) when I was of age 10,, have had a "Triangle ships" casted metal model of her !!

Btw,, her conversion to Vehicle carrier (PCC) was performed at shipyard Viktor Lenac, Rijeka, Croatia (then YU) in 1971/72 - name AKARITA


Best regards /Jadran

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