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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.


Ship technical details (PDF)