Mersea Island Museum - Blackwater Ships


Ship:      AUSTRALIA FREEZER
Arrived:4 Jul 1983
Departed:20 Feb 1984
Career:Built as TEESIDE CLIPPER. Renamed ANDRIA - 1977, AUSTRALIA FREEZER - 1981, CHILLY - 1986, ACECHILLY - 1987, FRIO HAMBURG - 1988, BANANOR - 1994, UB PRUDENT - 1998, PRIDE III - 1998. Broken up Mumbai 27 Jan 1999.
Tonnage:6,680 gross
Built:1973
Type:Refrigerated ship
LR/IMO Number:7233735
ID7233735

AUSTRALIA FREEZER in the Blackwater Date: c1983.

Above:  AUSTRALIA FREEZER in the Blackwater Date: c1983.
Source: Mersea Museum / Ashley Upsher Collection

AUSTRALIA FREEZER leaving the River Blackwater Date: 20 February 1984.

Above:  AUSTRALIA FREEZER leaving the River Blackwater Date: 20 February 1984.
Source: Mersea Museum / David Wright Collection


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