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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Image courtesy of Ian Wilkinson

ARAMAIC / OROPESA / PACIFIC EXPORTER / LANTAO ISLAND 

SHE WAS SISTER SHIP TO AFRIC,ALARIC AND ARABIC.BUILT IN GERMANY AT THE BREMER VULCAN YARD.SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO PSNC AND RE-NAMED 'OROPESA' IN 1968. SHE WAS RE-NAMED 'PACIFIC EXPORTER' IN 1970 AND THEN REVERTED BACK TO 'OROPESA' LATER THE SAME YEAR. SHE WAS SOLD TO A PANAMANIAN COMPANY IN 1972 AND RE-NAMED 'LANTAO ISLAND', SHE HAD A PROBLEM WHILST OF  LOBITO, ANGOLA  WHERE SHE HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE LATER IN  1972.SHE WAS SCRAPPED AT KAOHSIUNG IN 1982.THE PHOTO SHOWS ARAMAIC GOING UP TO DUNEDIN IN 1967,THE LAST VOYAGE FOR SS & A BEFORE TRANSFER T0 PSNC AS "OROPESA"

 

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