ICENIC / AEGEAN UNITY
BUILT IN BELFAST BY HARLAND AND WOLFF.SHE WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO IONIC/ 3RD, ILLYRIC, AND IBERIC.THE SECOND PICTURE DOWN SHOWS ICENIC ALONGSIDE AT OPUA IN THE BAY OF ISLANDS.THE THIRD PICTURE SHOWS HER ALONG SIDE AT NELSON. IN 1978 SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE BLACKHALL SHIPPING CO LTD,SHE WAS SOLD TO A GREEK COMPANY LATER IN 1978 AND RE-NAMED AEGEAN UNITY.SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN KAOHSIUNG THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS AND INFORMATION PROVIDED BY ROY CURRIE
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( Click to enlarge,and officers names ) |
The starboard lifeboat that was crushed against the davit in a storm in the Indian Ocean en route to Freemantle,the split can be plainly seen and close in to the davit arm you can see daylight through it, |
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Photograph supplied courtesy of Jim Holmes |
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Photograph supplied courtesy of Jim Holmes |
