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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| AFRICANA II |
179905 |
ZA |
5004515 |
| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1950 |
10/10/1949 |
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| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Research Vessel
| Steel Screw Steamer |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| A. & J. Inglis Ltd., Glasgow |
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1409 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 882 grt / 249 nrt / |
186.3 ft |
33.2 ft |
16.4 ft |
16.2 ft |
| Engine builder |
Aitchison, Blair Ltd., Clydebank |
| Engine detail |
T3Cy. (16½, 27½ & 47 - 30)in. 220psi. 1200ihp.
1-screw |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Government of South Africa, Cape Town |
Cape Town |
01/03/1950 |
| Other names |
| 1882 ISLAND TRADER |
| Subsequent owner and registration history |
| 19xx Whaling Department of Commerce & Industry. |
| Vessel history |
| Fisheries Division |
| Remarks |
| Based on Trawler design. |
| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1982 |
Broken Up 01/11/1982 |
| Disposal Detail |
| Broken up in Durban. South Africa. |
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AFRICANA II
Image courtesy of : Phil Goodinson
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