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PORT LAUNCESTON
was built in 1957 by Harland & Wolff at Belfast with a tonnage of
10468grt, a length of 490ft 6in, a beam of 65ft 10in and a service
speed of 15 knots. Shortly after delivery winch operators cabs were
fitted abreast of each mast, an installation which became standard
throughout the fleet. She came under the management of Blueport on
10th March 1968 and under the ownership of Trafalgar House
Investments Ltd in August 1971. In 1977 she was sold to Woburn
Shipping Co. of Singapore for operation on their Hamburg - Rotterdam
- Bombay - Singapore service and renamed United Vantage. Three years
later she was broken up at Kaohsuing by the Nan Long Steel & Iron
Co., arriving there on 23rd January 1980.
Invercargill and Launceston were
sister ships Mar 1959 to Jul 1959 she did a Brocklebank charter to
Red Sea ports, Ghan Island in the Maldive Islands, India and
Pakistan. This is unusual for a Port boat. She had engine trouble
all the way around the Indian coast (cracked liners) so Brocklebanks
dispensed with her services (charter time up) in Chittagong. She
refuelled in Singapore and then down to Australia via the Barrier
Reef and then home. |
