Dear Friends

Enjoy the images from the splendid M/S Malaysia of Austasia Lines.

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Her History:

Built:
Cammell Laird & Company Ltd., Birkenhead



Dimensions:
438.95 x 60.3 x 25.3 feet


Tonnage:
Gross: 8062 Net: 6342


Propulsion:
Single Screw, 2 x Steam turbines, 2 x water tube boilers at 495 psi producing 5800 bhp. 14 kts.


Type:
Passenger/Cargo Liner


Launched:
31/08/1954 as Hubert for Both Line Limited


Sailed:
11/02/1955 on maiden voyage Liverpool - Leixoes - Lisbon - Madeira - Barbados - Belem - Manaus


Transferred:
1964 to Blue Star Line Ltd. and chartered to Austasia Line and renamed Malaysia


Sold:
1976 to Atlas Shipping Agency (UK) Ltd., Singapore and converted into a cattle carrier. Renamed Khalij Express. Gulfeast Ship Management Ltd. , managers. Then sold to the Helena Shipping Co., Singapore, same managers.


Broken up:
1984 at Port Alang by N.C.K. Exports & Sons PVT Ltd.



Brgds

Ship's Agent