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CHINDWARA (1950)
Service dates: 1950-1971
Official number: 183180
Shipping lines: BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LTD.
Ship type:
General Cargo Liner; Cadet Training Ship.
Career
- 12.05.1949
- Launched.
- 24.01.1950
- Delivered as Chindwara for the British India Steam Navigation Company. She was basically one of BI’s C-class cargo ships, but was adapted for the carriage of 31 cadets along with her sister Chantala.
- 18.02.1950
- Maiden voyage to Australia.
- 1959
- Returned to Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd to have her cadet accommodation increased from 31 to 52.
- 06.1963
- Ceased carrying cadets.
- 1966
- Had her cadet facilities modified and her complement reduced to 15.
- 25.04.1971
- Sold to Pacific International Lines of Singapore and renamed Kota Aman.
- 22.07.1974
- Suffered heavy damage when she was driven aground on the Pakhoi Peninsula (21°31’N-110°25’E) in typhoon Ivy.
- 06.08.1974
- Refloated but beyond economical repair. She was towed to Hong Kong for demolition.
- 09.10.1974
- Demolition commenced by Leung Yau Shipbreaking & Steel Co.