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WILD MARLIN (1968)
Service dates: 1968-1982
Official number: 335896
Shipping lines: NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY LTD.; P&O GENERAL CARGO DIVISION; LAURITZEN-PENINSULAR REEFERS
Ship type:
Refrigerated Cargo Liner.
Career
- 26.03.1968
- Launched.
- 28.08.1968
- Delivered as Manapouri for the Federal Steam Navigation Company Ltd (New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd, managers).
- 01.10.1971
- Management and operations transferred to P&O General Cargo Division.
- 02.11.1977
- Renamed Wild Marlin for service with Lauritzen Peninsular Reefers joint venture.
- 08.1977/11.1977
- Cargo capacity enlarged at Sandefjord, Norway to 17,945 cubic metres (633,800 cubic feet).
- 08.02.1982
- Sold to Lex Maritime Corporation (Comninos Brothers Shipping Co SA, managers) Greece, and renamed Marathon Reefer. Immediately chartered back to Lauritzen Peninsular Reefers.
- 20.06.1985
- Laid up at Setubal.
- 12.1987
- Sold to Naval Link SA, Greece, and renamed Corfu Reefer.
- 1990
- Sold to Tritonis Maritime Corporation, Panama, and renamed Triton K.
- 1990
- Sold to Continental Success SA, Piraeus, and renamed Limon Trader.
- 1992
- Managers now Target Marine SA, Piraeus.
- 1996
- Sold to Seastone Maritime Ltd, Valetta.
- 25.12.1999
- Broken up at Alang, India.