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IKAUNA (1941)

Service dates: 1941-1958

Official number: 168072

Shipping lines: BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LTD.

Ship type:


General Cargo Liner.


Career

30.11.1940
Launched.
28.02.1941
Completed as Ikauna for the British India Steam Navigation Company at a cost of £208,000.
1941
Fitted out for use as a petrol carrier.
01.1942/04.1946
Served as a Mechanical Transport Ship.
01.1945
Acted as an army vehicle transport at the Kyaukpyu landing.
01.1950
Converted to oil fuel. Once she changed her fuel, she carried less crew. Now 68 total (11 officers, 57 ratings).
18.10.1958
Sold to the Pakistan Steam Navigation Company for £150,000.
1959
Renamed Fatehabad.
1965
Owners restyled the East Bengal Steamship Company, Chittagong.
05.1968
Broken up at Gadani Beach, Pakistan by Sind Steel Corporation.


Ship technical details (PDF)