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WILD AUK (1971)
Service dates: 1971-1980
Official number: 343017
Shipping lines: FEDERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY; P&O GENERAL CARGO DIVISION; LAURITZEN-PENINSULAR REEFERS
Ship type:
Refrigerated Cargo Liner.
Career
- 1970
- Ordered by F M Caribic Frigomaris Kuhlschiffreederei GmbH & Co, Hamburg. Sold to the Federal Steam Navigation Company soon after construction begun.
- 22.07.1971
- Launched.
- 01.10.1971
- Management transferred to P&O General Cargo Division.
- 18.12.1971
- Delivered as Wild Auk for Federal Steam Navigation Company Ltd (P&O General Cargo Division, managers).
- 02.06.1980
- Sold to Astrid Shipping Corporation, Piraeus (Comninos Brothers Shipping Co SA, managers) and renamed Olympian Reefer.
- 1984
- Transferred to National Preparation Cia Naviera SA, Limassol (Comninos Enterprises SA, managers).
- 1989
- Transferred to Elbow Shipping Co Ltd, Limassol, and renamed Buenos Aires.
- 1992
- Transferred to National Ability SA, Panama.
- 1995
- Renamed Amazon Reefer.
- 21.04.1999
- Broken up at Mumbai, India.