CAP MELVILLE / OLAU ROLF / LIMPSFIELD / LINDFIELD / MARFRIO

LIMPSFIELD STARTED OUT IN LIFE AS THE OLAU ROLF ( DANISH ) SHE WAS THEN RE-NAMED CAP MELVILLE, DURING HER FITTING OUT PERIOD THEN REVERTED BACK TO HER ORIGINAL NAME OF OLAU ROLF. SHE CAME INTO SHAW SAVILL & ALBION HANDS IN 1973 AS THE LIMPSFIELD ( BUT REGISTERED AS BEING OWNED BY THE " K " STEAMSHIP COMPANY, BUT SHE WAS TRANSFERRED IN EARLY 1978 TO THE CAIRN LINE, ANOTHER SHAW SAVILL & ALBION SUBSIDIARY ) IN 1978 BANK LINE AND SHAW SAVILL & ALBION HAD RUN A JOINT SERVICE, UNDER THE NAME OF THE  BANK & SAVILL LINE LTD, FROM AUSTRALASIA , CARIBBEAN AND SOUTHERN U.S PORTS AND BACK AGAIN . LIMPSFIELD WAS RE-NAMED ' LINDFIELD ' AND  WAS SLIGHTLY MODIFIED TO ALLOW HER TO CARRY CONTAINERS PRIOR TO HER USE ON THIS SERVICE. LINDFIELD AND MAYFIELD WERE THE FIRST TWO SHIPS CHARTERED TO THE NEW LINE. THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN SHAW SAVILL & ALBION AND ANDREW WEIR'S CAME TO AN END IN 1984 .SHE WAS SOLD IN 1980 TO AN ARGENTINE COMPANY AND RE-NAMED MARFRIO.