SS Fatima

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FateTransferred to Pakistan
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Civil Ensign of Pakistan.svgPakistan
NameSS Fatima
Fatescrapped in March 1962

SS Fatima was the first ship ever registered in Karachi, Pakistan in 1948. [1] It was cargo vessel belonging to East & West Steamship Company.

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Name

The ship was named after the stateswoman Fatima Jinnah, who was the younger sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. [1]

History

She was built by Burn and Company, Howrah, Calcutta in 1942. [2] She was then a 'Basset' class naval trawler of the Royal Indian Navy under the name SHILLONG, pennant number T.250, deployed in anti-submarine and minesweeping duties. Her engine was a triple-expansion steam engine built by Lobnitz & Company, Renfrew. Sold out of the navy in 1947 and converted to a cargo ship in 1948. On 11 August 1948, she was registered at the newly established Port of Registry at Karachi. [1]

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Fate

It was scrapped in March 1962. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Malik, Iftikhar Ahmed, History of Pakistan Merchant Navy 1947- 2009 Karachi 2010 (privately published) pg 12
  2. 1 2 3 4 Malik, Iftikhar Ahmed, History of Pakistan Merchant Navy 1947- 2009 Karachi 2010 (privately published) pg 15
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