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S.S. "Corabank"

(Formerly the Liberty Ship S.S. "SAMFLEET")

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Andrew Weir and Company

 

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Flag: British
Call Sign: GCFR (Andrew Weir collective call sign GTZL)
Official No: 180572
Tonnage: 7284 Gross, 4425 Net
Built: 1944 Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Inc., Baltimore.
Launched: Tuesday, 25th April 1944.
Engines: Triple Expansion Steam Engine (3 Cylinder) built by General Machinery Corporation, Hamilton, Ohio.
General: Length 423.3 ft (129 m), Beam 57.1 ft (17.4 m), Depth 34.8 ft (10.6 m)

1944: Built as S.S "SAMFLEET" for U.S. War Shipping Administration and bareboat chartered to Ministry of War Transport (Andrew Weir and Co. managers.)

1947: Purchased by Bank Line and renamed "CORABANK".

1959: Sold to Verder and Co., (Hong Kong) Ltd and renamed "SANTA GRANDA".

1968: Sold to Lee Sing Co. and arrived at Hong Kong 27.01.1968 to be broken up.

Position Held: Radio Officer
Date Joined: 22nd September 1958, Rotterdam
Date Left: 17th December 1958, Hong Kong
Brief History: S.S. "Samfleet" was launched by Mrs N M Dryden, wife of Mr N M Dryden, Asst. Local Manager of the Maintenance & Repair Division War Shipping Administration, Baltimore M.D.