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Austasia
Lines M.V. "Mandama" 2 |
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Built: |
Bartram
& Sons. Ltd., Sunderland |
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ON: |
308044 |
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Dimensions: |
160.81 x 21.72 x 9.049 metres |
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Tonnage: |
Gross: 8219 Net: 4474 |
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Propulsion: |
8-Cyl 2 S.C.S.A. Sulzer oil engine by George Clark and N.E.M.
Ltd., Sunderland |
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Type: |
Cargo/Passenger vessel
with seven refrigerated hatches, 12 passengers |
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Launched: |
27/8/1965 (Yard No. 401) as the Taupo for New Zealand Shipping Co. Limited |
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Completed: |
3/1966 |
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Registered: |
1969 under Federal Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., New Zealand Shipping
Co. Limited managers. |
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1971: |
P. & O. General Cargo division appointed managers |
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1973: |
Registered under Peninsular and Oriental Steam Cargo Division |
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1977: |
Registered under Strick Line Ltd. |
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Sold: |
Austasia Line (Private) Ltd., Singapore and renamed Mandama
1 |
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Sold: |
Bangladesh shipbreakers and anchored off Chittagong, 28/5/1984 |
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Sister ship: |
Tekoa renamed
Mahsuri |
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Mandama departs Bandar Abbas, Iran
~ Photograph ©
Fraser Darrah |
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The Mahsuri
and Mandama were two ex-New Zealand Shipping Company vessels
purchased from Strick Line for the Austasia Line. Both were fine vessels and
some of the last built for the New Zealand Shipping Company. With the
characteristic derricks, they were instantly recognisable.
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Mandama arriving at Colombo, Shri Lanka. ~ Photograph
© Nigel Smirk |
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The photograph above shows her arriving a Colombo after a
passage from Bluff, N.Z. were she had been laid up for some time in Bluff, hence
the immaculate appearance.
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Mandama at Timaru on 23 April 1981 ~ Photograph © David
Shepherd
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Updated:
17-05-2007 |
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