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SS MORIALTO. 1940

SS MORIALTO. 1940

Australian Flag.   Owners   Adelaide Steamship Company

Builder: Caledon Shipbuilding, Dundee   Scotland

Launched May 1940.  Completed. October 1940

Tonnage  Gross 1378.    DW. 1619

Length      OA 69.3 m          BP  65.5.      Beam.  12.5m

Speed  12kts

Subsequent History  1957  WAIBEN,  1964  JACQUE DEL MAR,   1968.  LONGLIFE,  1970. ROYAL MARTIN.  1973  ISLAND PEARL

23 December 1973 while carrying cargo of rubber and cartridge scrap, Phnom-Penh to Singapore, foundered position 10.14.12N,  23.12.73 E

 

Source: SHIPAHOLICSOZ

 

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