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CHAKLA (1954)
Service dates: 1964-1972
Official number: 180098
Shipping lines: BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LTD.; P&O GENERAL CARGO DIVISION
Ship type:
General Cargo Liner.
Career
- 19.01.1954
- Launched.
- 05.1954
- Delivered as Swiftpool for Pool Shipping Company Ltd (Sir R Ropner & Co (Management) Ltd, managers) Darlington.
- 16.01.1964
- Purchased by British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd, London, and renamed Chakla.
- 01.10.1971
- Management and operation transferred to P&O General Cargo Division.
- 01.12.1972
- Sold to Guan Guan Shipping (Pte) Ltd, Singapore, and renamed Golden Bear.
- 1975
- Sold to Kuo Dar Steel & Iron Enterprise Co, Taiwan, for demolition.
- 01.07.1975
- Arrived at Kaohsiung.
- 02.08.1975
- Demolition commenced.