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ARABISTAN (1927)
Service dates: 1927-1943
Official number: 149811
Shipping lines: STRICK LINE
Ship type:
General Cargo Ship.
Career
- 03.03.1927
- Launched.
- 25.04.1927
- Completed as Arabistan for Strick Line (1923) Ltd.
- 1929
- Renamed Bandar Shahpour at the request of the Shah of Persia when he performed the official opening ceremony at the new port of Bandar Shahpour.
- 30.04.1943
- Torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U515 in position 07°15’N-13°49’W between Takoradi and Freetown. She was on a voyage from Abadan, Mormugao and Takoradi for Freetown and the UK with 6,768 tons of general cargo including oil seeds, manganese ore, rubber and copra. One passenger was lost.