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Passenger/cargo ship “Oriental Carnaval” at Kobe, Japan, November 1972
Owner: Oriental South America Lines Inc.
Manager: Island Navigation Corp. (CY Tung's Orient Overseas Line group)
Flag: Liberia
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Gross tons: 21,809
Deadweight: 15,000 or 16,000 (sources differ)
Length overall: 167.64 m
Max. draft: 9.17 m
Engines: 2 x 6-cylinder Doxford diesels, total 16,000 b.h.p., by Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness
Service speed: 15.5 knots
Passenger capacity: 399 in one class
Completed August 1949 as “Rangitoto” for New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd., London
Bought August 1969 by Orient Overseas
Sold 1976 for scrapping at Hong Kong
NB: I originally posted this photo under the name "Oriental Carnival" - my thanks to fellow-member dedge for pointing out my mistake)
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A closer look at my original photo clearly shows it was Carnaval, as does the data sheet on P&O's website. Chris Howell also got it correct on this website (but a couple of other sites made the same mistake as me).
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