Hubert 4

Booth Line's R.M.S. "Hubert" 4

Austasia Lines M.V. "Malaysia"

Built:

Cammell Laird & Company Ltd., Birkenhead

Dimensions:

438.95 x 60.3 x 25.3 feet

Tonnage:

Gross: 8062 Net: 6342

Propulsion:

Single Screw, 2 x Steam turbines, 2 x water tube boilers at 495 psi producing 5800 bhp. 14 kts.

Type:

Passenger/Cargo Liner

Launched:

31/08/1954 as Hubert for Both Line Limited

Sailed:

11/02/1955 on maiden voyage Liverpool - Leixoes - Lisbon - Madeira - Barbados - Belém - Manaus

Transferred:

1964 to Blue Star Line Ltd. and chartered to Austasia Line and renamed Malaysia

Sold:

1976 to Atlas Shipping Agency (UK) Ltd., Singapore and converted into a cattle carrier. Renamed Khalij Express. Gulfeast Ship Management Ltd. , managers. Then sold to the Helena Shipping Co., Singapore, same managers.

Broken up:

1984 at Port Alang by N.C.K. Exports & Sons PVT Ltd.

Sister ship:

Hildebrand 3

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Booth Line postcard R.M.S. Hubert


Hubert 4 - Tourist Class Lounge		Hubert 4 - Fraser Darrah Collection

As Austasia Line's Malaysia

The Booth Line ran passenger services from the United Kingdom right up to Manaus - 1,000 miles up the Amazon. Founded in the 1860s, they took over the Red Cross Line in 1901 and the Iquitos Steam Ship Company in 1911. In 1946 the Booth Line was sold to the Vestey Group of companies and in 1975 all the group's ships were pooled under Blue Star Ship Management Ltd and the Booth Line ceased to exist as a separate entity.

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Updated: 12-10-2005