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TURAKINA (1960)
Service dates: 1960-1977
Official number: 301224
Shipping lines: NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY LTD.; P&O GENERAL CARGO DIVISION; P&O STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY
Ship type:
Refrigerated Cargo Liner.
Career
- 26.02.1960
- Launched.
- 03.09.1960
- Delivered as Turakina for the New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd, London.
- 28.12.1966
- Ownership transferred to the Federal Steam Navigation Company Ltd, London (New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd, managers).
- 12.02.1967
- Suffered a fire in No.4 tween deck in 18°23’S-161°49’E, bound Kobe to Auckland. Put into Noumea on the 13th where the fire was extinguished.
- 01.10.1971
- Management transferred to P&O General Cargo Division.
- 19.04.1973
- Ownership transferred to The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
- 24.09.1973
- Suffered a fire in No.3 hold at Mount Maunganui.
- 22.08.1977
- Sold to Uiterwyk Line (Reefer) Inc, Liberia.
- 1978
- Renamed Patricia U.
- 1978
- Sold to Sparta Shipping Co SA, Greece (Kallimassias Maritime Ltd, managers).
- 1982
- Sold to Armadora Compania Frigorifica SA, Greece (Kallimassias Maritime Ltd, managers) and renamed Gulf Reefer.
- 20.06.1983/13.11.1985
- Laid up at Astakos.
- 1985
- Sold to the Lisboa Shipping Co Ltd, Valletta, and renamed Sines.
- 1986
- Sold to Chinese shipbreakers.
- 17.01.1986
- Arrived at Huangpu for demolition.