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TEESTA (1956)
Service dates: 1956-1977
Official number: 187485
Shipping lines: P&O STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY; EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY LTD.; BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LTD.; P&O GENERAL CARGO DIVISION
Ship type:
General Cargo Liner.
Career
- 01.1952
- Ordered.
- 06.17.1955
- Keel laid.
- 25.06.1956
- Launched by Mrs W M L Escombe.
- 15.11.1956
- Ran trials and delivered as Salmara for The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. Salmara is the name of a place in Assam.
- 02.1964
- Carried 150 tons of scrap metal from London to Hong Kong, most of which came from the recently demolished P&O building in Leadenhall Street.
- 12.09.1966
- Ownership, management and operation transferred to Eastern and Australian Steam Ship Company and renamed Arakawa.
- 02.08.1970
- Ownership, management and operation transferred to British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd, London after the E&A service was containerised. Renamed Teesta and transferred to BI’s New Zealand/Gulf service.
- 01.10.1971
- Management and operation transferred to P&O General Cargo Division.
- 19.04.1973
- Ownership reverted to The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
- 07.07.1975
- Renamed Strathloyal.
- 19.11.1977
- Sold to Jamal Enterprises Ltd, Pakistan, for $558,000 for demolition at Gadani Beach.
- 01.1978
- Work commenced.