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COMORIN (1951)

Service dates: 1951-1972

Official number: 184405

Shipping lines: P&O STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY; P&O ORIENT LINE; P&O LINES; P&O GENERAL CARGO DIVISION

Ship type:


General Cargo Liner.


Career

01.12.1950
Launched.
10.04.1951
Ran trials.
19.04.1951
Delivered as Singapore to the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
Mid 1950s
Passenger accommodation now 10 passengers. Crew complement now 99.
07.1955
Passenger accommodation now 12 passengers. Crew complement now 102.
5.1960
Management and operation transferred to P&O-Orient Lines.
05.06.1964
Renamed Comorin for revised monthly service.
1966
Managers and operators restyled P&O Lines.
14.08.1968
Renamed Pando Cove for revised ‘second string’ Far East cargo services.
01.10.1971
Management and operation transferred to P&O General Cargo Division.
06.03.1972
Arrived at Bilbao.
22.03.1972
Sold to Alfonso Garcia for demolition.
17.04.1972
Work commenced.


Ship technical details (PDF)