Kwangsi I

Sister of the ship Kwangtung II

History
May 16th 1969. Grounded at Keelung. Refloated and repaired by Taikoo dockyard in Hong Kong.

1971. Converted by Taikoo Dockyard, Hong Kong to side door/port loading for the East Australia - New Guinea service. Renamed "New Guinea Chief"

1977. Sold to Halsbury Shipping LTD. Singapore. Renamed "Bangkok Star"

Feb 1978, Sold to Straits Shipping (Pte) Singapore. Renamed "Straits Star"

'''Dec 2nd. 1985'''. Broken up by National Shipbreakers (Pte), Jurong, Singapore.

Events / Stories
The image titled "Troublespot" which appeared in the IMarEST Marine Engineers Review of June 2001, is reproduced by the kind permission of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Tecnnology.