SS ''Fatima'' was the first ship ever registered in
Karachi,
Pakistan in 1948.
[Malik, Iftikhar Ahmed, ''History of Pakistan Merchant Navy 1947- 2009'' Karachi 2010 (privately published) pg 12] It was cargo vessel belonging to
East & West Steamship Company East & West Steamship Company () was one of the oldest locally owned shipping line in Pakistan until it was nationalised in 1974. Its ship, was the first ship ever registered at the newly established Port of Registry at Karachi in August 1948.Malik ...
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Name
The ship was named after Mohtarma
Fatima Jinnah
Fatima Jinnah ( ur, ; 31 July 1893 – 9 July 1967), widely known as Māder-e Millat ("Mother of the Nation"), was a Pakistani stateswoman, politician, dental surgeon and one of the leading founders of Pakistan. She was the younger sister of ...
, the First Lady of Pakistan.
History
She was built by Burn and Company, Howrah, Calcutta in 1942.
[Malik, Iftikhar Ahmed, ''History of Pakistan Merchant Navy 1947- 2009'' Karachi 2010 (privately published) pg 15] 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.
Specifications
* Gross tonnage: 671
* LOA: 153 feet
Fate
It was scrapped in March 1962.
References
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Ships of Pakistan
1942 ships