ARAGON / ARANDA / HOEGH TRAVELLER / HUAL TRAVELLER /TRAVELLER
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Image courtesy of Julia & Bill Young
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| ARANDA WAS BUILT FOR ROYAL MAIL AS 'ARAGON', BY HARLAND AND WOLFF IN BELFAST.SHE WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO AKAROA/3RD AND ARAWA/4TH.SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO SHAW SAVILL AND ALBION IN 1969,THE MIDDLE PHOTO SHOWS HER AT WOOLLOOMOOLLOO IN 1969 AFTER BEING RE-NAMED 'ARANDA'. IN 1971 SOLD TO HOEGH-UGLAND AND RE-NAMED 'HOEGH TRAVELLER'.SOLD TO ACE NAVIGATION CO IN 1977 AND RE-NAMED 'HUAL TRAVELLER'.CHANGED HANDS AGAIN TO ACE AUTO LINE AND WAS RE-NAMED 'TRAVELLER' IN 1980.WAS BROKEN UP IN KAOHISUNG IN 1981.THE PHOTOGRAPH TO THE LEFT WAS SUPPLIED BY JIM HOLMES | |
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