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Passenger/cargo ship “Safina-e-Abid” in the Shatt-al-Arab River, April 1972
Owner: Pan-Islamic Steamship Co., Karachi
Port of registry: Karachi, Pakistan
Builder: Taikoo Dockyard and Enginering Co., Hong Kong (Hull-333)
Gross tons: 5,578
Deadweight: 5,240
Length overall: 127.5 m
Max. draft: 6.86 m
Engine: 4-cylinder Doxford type 67LB4 diesel, 4,500 b.h.p., by Scott's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Greenock
Service speed: 15 knots
Completed December 1950 for China Navigation Co. Ltd., Hong Kong. Originally built for the emigrant trade from southern China to Singapore & Malaya. After 1949 served on various Far Eastern trades & from 1953 served 4 months of each year on the Malaya-Jeddah “Haj” pilgrim service
Bought September 1971 by Pan-Islamic
Owner nationalised 1974
Ownership transferred 1979 to Pakistan National Shipping Corp.
Sold for scrapping 1991 at Gadani Beach
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