SS Fatima

History
Fate	Transferred to Pakistan
History
Pakistan
Name	SS Fatima
Fate	scrapped 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.

Name

The ship was named after Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah, the First Lady 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]

Specifications

Gross tonnage: 671^[2]
LOA: 153 feet^[2]

Fate

It was scrapped in March 1962.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Malik, Iftikhar Ahmed, History of Pakistan Merchant Navy 1947- 2009 Karachi 2010 (privately published) pg 12
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Malik, Iftikhar Ahmed, History of Pakistan Merchant Navy 1947- 2009 Karachi 2010 (privately published) pg 15

[malik12-1] Malik, Iftikhar Ahmed, History of Pakistan Merchant Navy 1947- 2009 Karachi 2010 (privately published) pg 12

[malik15-2] Malik, Iftikhar Ahmed, History of Pakistan Merchant Navy 1947- 2009 Karachi 2010 (privately published) pg 15

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