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                                                                                                                                                                                       Photo courtesy of Dave Smith 3rd officer

 

 

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                                                                                                                                                                                                    Photo courtesy of Tom McGrattan

ILLYRIC / CARMILA

BUILT IN 1960 IN NEW CASTLE BY VICKERS ARMSTRONG.

THE TOP PICTURES SHOWS HER IN PIRAEUS,GREECE. THE LAST PICTURE SHOWS ILLYRIC AT AUCKLAND IN MAY, 1976.

IN 1978 ILLYRIC WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE ARDGOWAN SHIPPING CO LTD, (THIS COMPANY WAS UNDER SHAW SAVILL & ALBIONS " UMBRELLA ", AND IT WAS MOST LIKELY THAT VESSELS WERE TRANSFERRED TO AND FRO FROM THIS COMPANY FOR FINANCIAL REASONS I.E TAX )

 LATER  IN 1978  SHE WAS SOLD TO A CYPRIOT COMPANY AND RE-NAMED 'CARMILA'.

SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN 1979 AT KAOHSIUNG.

 

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