British pass/cargo liner RMS HUBERT (4), imo 6166323/ 133,8m/ 7.905gt/ single screw/13kn; 01/1954 completed by Cammell Laird & Co., Ltd., Birkenhead, for Booth Steamship Co., ltd., Liverpool; 11/02/1955 sailed for maiden voyage Liverpool, Leixões, Lisbon, Funchal, Barbados, Pará e Manaus; 1964 transferred to Blue Star Line, Ltd., London, and chartered to Austasia Line, Singapore; 1970 MALAYSIA, Blue Star Line, Ltd., Singapore; 1976 UNITED CHALLENGER, Atlas Shipping Agency (UK), Ltd., Singapore, which converted her into a cattle carrier, tonnage increased to 8.062gt; 1976 KHALIJ EXPRESS, Helenus Shipping Co., Singapore; 1976 KHALIJ EXPRESS, Arabian Maritime Transportation Co., Ltd., Jeddah; 1984 arrived Alang for breaking up. Sister ship RMS HILDEBRAND (3).
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