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CHYEBASSA (1942)

Service dates: 1914-1938

Official number: 168363

Shipping lines: BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LTD.

Ship type:


Passenger/Cargo Ship.


Career

23.10.1942
Launched.
24.12.1942
Completed as Chyebassa for the British India Steam Navigation Company. She had three sister ships, Canara, Chanda and Chupra.
12.1942/04.1946
Requisitioned for the Liner Division.
14.02.1948
Sire broke out in the insulation.
04.1948
Altered to carry refrigerated cargo in Melbourne, Australia.
12.07.1961
Collided with the German vessel Widar off the Hook of Holland.
13.06.1969
Sold for scrapping by Leung Yau Shipbreaking Co, Hong Kong.


Ship technical details (PDF)