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QUEDA (1959)

Service dates: 1959-1969

Official number: 300839

Shipping lines: BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LTD.; TRIDENT TANKERS LTD.

Ship type:


Tanker.


Career

14.08.1958
Launched by Mrs W H Brown, wife of British India Steam Navigation Company’s Marine Superintendent.
02.03.1959
Delivered as Queda for the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd. Queda is an alternative version of Kheda, a location in Gujarat, India.
09.05.1963
Management and operation transferred to Trident Tankers Ltd.
14.07.1969
Sold to Clyde Shipping Co, Monrovia, and renamed Saint Michael.
1971
Sold to Petroleos de Peru, Callao, and renamed 9 de Octubre.
1974
Converted to a liquefied petroleum gas carrier.
05.1981
Dismantling commenced at Callao prior to scrapping.


Ship technical details (PDF)