FURNESS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LTD., HAVERTON HILL

Name CHANT 44
Type Tanker, 'Chant' class
Yard Number 385
Launched 24/05/1944
Completed 06/1944
Off. Number 169144
Engine builder Mirrlees, Bickerton & Day Ltd., Stockport
Engine type 4SCSA 6 cyl.
GRT 401
Length (feet) 141.7
Beam (feet) 27.1
First owner Ministry of War Transport (Coastal Tankers Ltd.), Middlesbrough
History 1946 ANDRONIKI, C. E. Vlassopoulos, Panama and converted to dry cargo.
  1947 OKIEP, Union Steamship Co. of South Africa Ltd., Cape Town
  1949 renamed MASHONA, managed by Coast Lines Africa (Pty) Ltd.
  1953 renamed MASHONA COAST
   
Fate 1965 converted to a barge for Marine Diamond Corporation Ltd., Cape Town

CHANT 44 as MASHONA COAST

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