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WARORA (1948)

Service dates: 1948-1964

Official number: 181952

Shipping lines: BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LTD.

Ship type:


General Cargo Liner.


Career

08.07.1947
Keel laid.
12.03.1948
Launched by Mrs R D C Sinclair, wife of a retired BI captain.
12.07.1948
Completed as Warora for the British India Steam Navigation Company.
n.d.
Transferred to the Chittagong/Japan service via Burma, the Straits, Manila and Hong Kong.
13.08.1964
Sold to Marsana Cia, Nav SA, Liberia, and renamed Francesca Maris.
1969
Sold to Isola Shipping Corporation, Liberia, and renamed Nicolas A.
23.06.1972
Arrived at San Pedro del Pinator probably with serious engine damage.
10.1972
Demolition commenced by Jose Laborda Gonzalez.


Ship technical details (PDF)