Ship Details
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Registry #1	(RN)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1945	Fife Ness (H.M.S.)	Name 6
Name 2	1947	Adastral	Name 7
Name 3	1953	Granhill	Name 8
Name 4	1954	Merlin (II)	Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1945	Place	North Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	424.6' x 57.2' x 34.9'
Builder	Burrard Drydock Co. Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Steel	Displacement	8580
Gross Tonnage		Type 1	Freighter, (Victory-type)
Registered Tonnage		Type 2	Maintenance Ship, Landing Craft
Engine	2500ihp Dominion steam reciprocating engine.	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1945 she was owned by the Royal Navy as H.M.S. Fife Ness, a Royal Air Force Depot Ship. In 1947 she was owned by the Royal Air Force as a Depot Ship. In 1953 she was owned by Goulandris Bros. Ltd., London UK. In 1954 she was owned by San Pedro Cia. Armadora S.A., Panama managed by Goulandris Bros. Ltd., London UK.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name	A headland on the Fife Peninsla in Scotland.

 

Anecdotes

 

References
Heal, S.C. (1999)
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