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CHINKOA (1952)
Service dates: 1952-1972
Official number: 184747
Shipping lines: BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LTD.; P&O GENERAL CARGO DIVISION
Ship type:
General Cargo Liner.
Career
- 02.10.1952
- Launched by Mrs C S Mundy.
- 19.12.1952
- Delivered as Chinkoa for the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd. She was the thirteenth and last of the prolific C-class to be delivered.
- 1953
- Anchored at Gibraltar with engine and steering trouble. Taken in tow for the UK by the P&O vessel Sunda. She was transferred to the tug Englishman on her arrival off Manacles Buoy.
- 10.1955
- Towed to Bombay with engine trouble by Olinda.
- 01.10.1971
- Management transferred to P&O General Cargo Division.
- 15.04.1972
- Sustained heavy damage to her bridge while shifting in bad weather in Antwerp Docks. She was on a voyage from Hull to Tanga at the time. Repairs were considered uneconomical.
- 03.05.1972
- Sold to Revalorizacion de Materiales SA, Spain, for demolition at Bilbao.