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MV BOONAROO 1953

MV BOONAROO  1953

Australian Flag   Owners - Australian Coastal Shipping Commission/ ANL shipping line)

Port of Registry:  Melbourne, Australia
 
Builder: Morts Dock and Engineering Co Ltd. Sydney

Launched: 28 March 1953   Completed October 1953

Tonnage: 3,904 Gross.  6453 DW

LOA: 405'5" Beam 53'2" Draught 22'7".

Single Screw Diesel:   Service Speed 12kts

1966 - 1967 Side Port Door fitted

March 1967 commissioned by Royal Australian Navy as a supply ship, being renamed HMAS Boonaroo

May 1967 returned to ANL

January 1971 sold to Collin Navigation Co., Hong Kong and renamed Collin Four

1972 transferred to their No 2 subsidiary  and registered in Liberia

February 1976 sold to Singapore interests ( Uni-Ocean Lines) renamed Reunion

November 1977 sold to United Orient Lines Ltd, Singapore

November 1985 Scrapped at Chittagong

Source:  SHIPAHOLICSOZ

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