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GALLIC /  WAR ARGUS / CLAN COLQUHOUN / JOANNIS LIVANOS / JENNY / IMAM BONDJOL / DJATINEGRA

BUILT IN 1918 IN BELFAST.SHE WAS ACTUALLY BUILT AS THE 'WAR ARGUS', AND MANAGED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE. IN 1919 SHE WAS PURCHASED BY WHITE STAR AND RE-NAMED 'GALLIC'. CLAN LINE PURCHASED HER IN 1933 AND RE-NAMED HER 'CLAN COLQUHOUN'.HER RADIO CALLSIGN WAS ' GPYW ' ( WHILE UNDER BRITISH FLAG ) SHE WAS SOLD IN 1947 TO A PANAMANIAN COMPANY AND RE-NAMED 'JOANNIS LIVANOS'. RE-NAMED 'JENNY' BY OCEANIS CIE DE NAV IN 1949.SHE WAS THEN SOLD TO AN INDONESIAN FIRM AND BECAME 'IMAM BONDJOL' AND LATER RE-NAMED THE 'DJATINEGRA' FOR THE SAME COMPANY ( DJARKA LLOYD N.V INDONESIA ) SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN HONG KONG IN 1956.

*   SYDNEY WATERS ( SHAW SAVILL LINE ONE -  HUNDRED YEARS OF TRADING )  HAS THIS VESSEL DOWN AS A SHAW SAVILL & ALBION VESSEL, BUT I CAN FIND NO OTHER REFERENCE TO SUBSTANTIATE  THIS,THOU ITS MORE THAN POSSIBLE THAT IT WAS CHARTERED FOR A TRIP OR TWO ) *

 

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