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| Fate: | Transferred to Pakistan |
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| Name: | SS Fatima |
| Fate: | scrapped in March 1962 |
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SS Fatima was the first ship ever registered in Karachi, Pakistan in 1948. [1] It was cargo vessel belonging to East & West Steamship Company.
The ship was named after Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah, the First Lady of Pakistan. [1]
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]
It was scrapped in March 1962. [2]
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