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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.


Ship technical details (PDF)