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BUFFALO (1962)
Service dates: 1971-1976
Official number: 303187
Shipping lines: COAST LINES; P&O SHORT SEA SHIPPING; NORTH SEA FERRIES LTD.; TYNE TEES; P&O FERRIES
Ship type:
Non-Cellular Container Ship.
Career
- 02.05.1961
- Launched.
- 01.1962
- Delivered as Buffalo for Coast Lines Ltd, Liverpool. Put on the Liverpool/Belfast overnight service by Link Line Ltd.
- 26.02.1971
- Coast Lines Ltd acquired by The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company Ltd.
- 01.10.1971
- Management transferred to P&O Short Sea Shipping Ltd.
- 12.1971
- Registered under Coast Lines (Services) Ltd and converted to carry 91 x 20-foot equivalent ISO containers. Re-measured. Now 1,482 grt, 575 nrt, deadweight 1,760 tons.
- 24.02.1972
- Renamed Norbrae and put on the Hull/Rotterdam service for North Sea Ferries.
- 05.1972
- Deadweight 1,775 tons.
- 01.08.1972
- Registered under Tyne-Tees Steam Shipping Company Ltd.
- 14.01.1974
- Renamed Roe Deer and placed on the Tilbury/Zeebrugge service.
- 31.03.1975
- Management transferred to P&O Ferries.
- 30.04.1976
- Registered under P&O Ferries (General European) Ltd.
- 22.12.1976
- Sold to A Harvey & Co Ltd, Newfoundland, Canada.
- 1977
- Renamed Newfoundland Container. Registered under Newfoundland Container Lines Ltd.
- 1978
- Registered under Harvey Containership Ltd.
- 1985
- Sold to Victory Seaways Enterprises Ltd, Cayman Islands, and renamed Caribbean Victory.
- 1986
- Sold to Renaissance Maritime Inc, Honduras and renamed Lefkimmi.
- 1988
- Renamed St. George without a change in ownership.
- 1992
- Sold to International Shipping Corp, Brazil, and renamed Container Express. Still listed in Equasis, but unlikely still trading.