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KAITOA (1956)
Service dates: 1956-1971
Official number: 196287
Shipping lines: UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND
Ship type:
General Cargo Liner.
Career
- 28.02.1956
- Launched.
- 05.1956
- Completed as Kaitoa for the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand.
- 1960
- One of the first of the company’s ships to change from the black hulls and orange-buff upperworks to the traditional bronze green hull and white deck and bridgework.
- 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.
- 1972
- Sold to Lineng Enterprises SA, Panama (Kie Hock Shipping 1971 (Pte) Ltd, Singapore, managers) and renamed Katoa.
- 1976
- Sold to Syarikat Perkapalan Meladju Sdn Bhd, Kota Kinabalu, without a change of name.
- 1978
- Sols to Independent Airlines Sdn Bhd, Port Kelang, without a change of name.
- 1979
- Sold to Kie Gwan Shipping M Sdn Bhd, Port Kelang, and renamed Hati Baik.
- 1990
- Transferred to Perkapalan Senang Sdn Bhd, Port Kelang (Kie Gwan Shipping M Sdn Bhd, managers) and ownership registered to Shing Li Shipping Co SA, Panama.
- 22.07.1992
- Sold to Natsteel Shipbreakers Pte Ltd, Singapore, and demolished at Jurong.