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HERON (1937)
Service dates: 1937-1969
Official number: 165588
Shipping lines: GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY; MOSS HUTCHISON LINE LTD.
Ship type:
General Cargo Ship.
Career
- 20.07.1937
- Launched.
- 12.10.1937
- Completed as Heron for the General Steam Navigation Company Ltd.
- 23.09.1956
- Transferred to Moss Hutchison Line, another P&O subsidiary company and therefore the vessel did not leave Group service. Renamed Kufra.
- 1959
- Sold to Cia Naviera Soraya SA, Beirut, and renamed Arden.
- 1964
- Sold to Marreacleza Cia Nav SA, Greece, and renamed Sanmichael.
- 1973
- Sold to Kakia Maritime Company Ltd, Famagusta, and renamed Grand Michael.
- 1974
- Broken up by Brodospas at Split.