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KOHISTAN (1960)

Service dates: 1960-1978

Official number: 302528

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

Ship type:


General Cargo Liner.


Career

11.07.1960
Launched.
11.1960
Delivered as Kohistan for Strick Line Ltd, London (F C Strick & Company Ltd, managers). She was fitted with 65 ton derrick.
01.05.1972
Management transferred to P&O General Cargo Division.
19.04.1973
Ownership transferred to The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
21.02.1975
Renamed Strathaslak.
06.06.1978
Sold to Hibiscus Shipping Corporation (Quincy Maritime Co SA, managers) Greece, and renamed Quincy. Apparently her new owners had approached P&O expressing an interest in another ship, as Strathaslak was not in fact up for sale, but a deal was struck at slightly below US$1,000,000.
1983
Sold to Five Star Shipping Co Ltd, Pakistan, for demolition.
19.01.1983
Arrived at Gadani Beach. Demolition commenced the same day.
02.1983
Demolition completed.


Ship technical details (PDF)