Ship Details

Lakemba

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Photo Credit: Don Ross collection

 
 
Registry #1 (RN) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1946 Spurn Point (H.M.S.) Name 6
Name 2 1947 Lakemba Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1946 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 441' x 57' x ?
Builder Burrard Drydock Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 7459 Type 1 Passenger/Freight Vessel
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine Triple expansion steam engine Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain Geoff Cleveland (1966);
 
Owner(s)
In 1946 she was built for the Royal Navy as a Naval landing craft maintenance ship . She was sold before commissioning In 1947 she was a cargo passenger vessel owned by Caprpenter's Trading Co. and operated by Pacific Shipowners. Later she was owned by Pacific Shipowners.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1967-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel was a small freighter that ran between Fiji and the west coast of North America in the 1960's. This vessel carried lumber from Canada to Fiji. This vessel was refitted with accomodation for 98 passengers and placed on a run Vancouver, Honolulu, Fiji and Sydney. 1967 5th October this vesselran aground on a reef off Vatulele - Fiji and sank in deep water four days later.
 
References
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