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WESTBANK - IMO 5387972
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Photographer:PWR [ View profile ]
Title:Westbank
Location:Hull, United Kingdom
Photo Category:General Cargo Ships Built 1940-1949 (over 3000gt)
Added:Mar 10, 2013
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Image Resolution:1,560 x 942
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Built 1948 Charlie Hill
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IMO:5387972
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Launched: 11/3/1948 and completed: 11/1948.
5,957 gt and 9,325 dwt.
141.5m oa, 132.8m pp, and 18.3m beam
Builder: Wm. Doxford, Pallion, U.K.
Doxford engine - 14 knots service speed.
1948 - "WESTBANK" - Bank Line Ltd., Glasgow, U.K.
24/12/1965 - sold for £175,000 to Katani Shipping Co.S.A., Piraeus, Greece. Renamed "SIMBA".
1969 - renamed "SANTA HELENA"
1970 - ownership to Oceanica Surena Nav. SA, Piraeus.
11/4/1974 - broken up at Santander, Spain.
Sources:http://www.miramarshipindex.nz/ship/5387972 and
newspaper - "Evening Star", Dunedin, NZ. 5/1/1966
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blt as WESTBANK by W.Doxford & Sons (Pallion,UK) - h/n 761
65 SIMBA - 69 SANTA HELENA
BU Santander 11.4.1974
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