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DARTFORD (1877)
Service dates: 1917-1946
Official number: 183259
Shipping lines: UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND
Ship type:
General Cargo Ship.
Career
- 27.06.1950
- Completed as Daressa for the British India Steam Navigation Company. Her deck passenger limits were 659 (short voyage, fair weather) and 578 (short voyage, foul weather) and 251 long voyages. She was originally fitted out with air-conditioning in her public rooms, which was in contrast to her three sisters who received that amenity when they were refitted. Her name is a corruption of Dar-es-Salaam, an Arab word meaning ‘haven of peace’.
- 04.11.1961
- Involved in a collision with President Arthur at Karachi where she received stem and bow plate damage.
- 13.11.1961
- Sailed to Hong Kong for repairs which took one month.
- 1962
- Passenger accommodation now 90 one-class.
- 18.08.1964
- Sold to Marivic Navigation Inc (part of the Chandris Group) and renamed Favorita.
- 1966
- Transferred within the Chandris Group to International Cruises SA and reregistered under the Greek flag with the intention of conversion into a cruise ship.
- 1968
- Sold to Guan Guan Shipping Company, Singapore, and renamed Kim Hwa.
- 1974
- Sold to Fuji, Marden & Co for breaking up.
- 05.10.1974
- Demolition commenced at Hong Kong.