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GOTHIC
...Hobart Tasmania
UK
Gothic 1948-1969. (Pass-cargo ref.) SSA 1948-1969.
ON: 182351
IDNo: 1182351
Year: 1948
Name: GOTHIC
Type: Passenger/cargo (ref)
Flag: GBR
Launched: 12.12.47
Completed: 12.48
Owner: Shaw, Savill and Albion Co. Ltd., Southampton.
Builder: Swan Hunter WR, Wallsend on Tyne.
Yard No: 1759
Link: 1488
Starke: V1948 #281
GRT: 15,902
Served as Royal Yacht for Commonwealth Tour November 1953 to May 1954.
Serious fire on board 1.8.68, Wellington to Panama. 7 people died.
1969 BU Kaohsiung, arriving on 13.8.69
Photo Credits: The Trove Australian National Library/The Tasmanian State Library
Details: The Mirimar Ship Index
Cheers and GB
Gordy
...Hobart Tasmania
UK
Gothic 1948-1969. (Pass-cargo ref.) SSA 1948-1969.
ON: 182351
IDNo: 1182351
Year: 1948
Name: GOTHIC
Type: Passenger/cargo (ref)
Flag: GBR
Launched: 12.12.47
Completed: 12.48
Owner: Shaw, Savill and Albion Co. Ltd., Southampton.
Builder: Swan Hunter WR, Wallsend on Tyne.
Yard No: 1759
Link: 1488
Starke: V1948 #281
GRT: 15,902
Served as Royal Yacht for Commonwealth Tour November 1953 to May 1954.
Serious fire on board 1.8.68, Wellington to Panama. 7 people died.
1969 BU Kaohsiung, arriving on 13.8.69
Photo Credits: The Trove Australian National Library/The Tasmanian State Library
Details: The Mirimar Ship Index
Cheers and GB
Gordy