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KAIMIRO (1956)
Service dates: 1956-1971
Official number: 142926
Shipping lines: UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND
Ship type:
General Cargo Liner.
Career
- 26.01.1956
- Launched.
- 04.1956
- Completed as Kaimiro for the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand.
- 31.12.1971
- The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company sold their interest in the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand to Tasman Union Ltd, therefore the vessel was no longer in Group service.
- 16.01.1975
- Laid up at Auckland.
- 26.08.1975
- Sold to Climax Shipping Corporation, Monrovia (Maldives Shipping Ltd, Male, managers) and renamed Climax Topaz.
- 1976
- Transferred to Panamanian registry.
- 1981
- Transferred to Maldives Shipping Ltd, Male, and renamed Maldive Topaz.
- 05.05.1984
- Sold to Pakistan shipbreakers and arrived at Gadani Beach for breaking up.