Caption
Passenger Liner "Fairsky" laid down by Western Pipe & Steel Co, san Fransisco as cargo liner STEEL ARTISAN; completed as escort aircraft carrier USS BARNES. Transferred to Royal Navy 1942; renamed HMS ATTACKER. Returned to US Navy 1946. Bought by Simtar Line 1952; rebuilt as cargo ship. Renamed CASTEL FORTE and registered in Panama. Refitted as passenger ship at New York and genoa 1957-8; renamed FAIRSKY. F.V. Southampton-Australia, 26 June 1958. Registry transferred to Liberia 1966. Route: Southampton-Eastbound round the world. Laid up at Genoa 1972.
Tonnage: 12,464
Dimensions: length 492, breadth 70m
Propulsion: single screw , turbines
Speed: 17 knots
Refer - Pacific Liners 1927-72" by Frederick Emmons
Citation
CC-BY
Source
Port Adelaide Nautical Museum
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File reference
2841