Portalon - Collection C. Kleiss
        This was one of the few ships that at that time sailed under a foreign flag despite being its owner Spanish. She had been built as Australind, the name she carried when she was acquired by Eduardo Aznar, who flagged her down in Liberia. She was scrapped in 1972 at Santander, after having been moored at La Benedicta at Bilbao, since 1971.
Shipyard / Year William Denny & Bros / 1944
Name Australind
Dead weight 9,350 MT
Gross register 7,214 GRT
Net register 2,782 NRT
Length 130.7 mtr
Breadth 17.1 mtr
Depth 11.3 mtr
Maximum draft 8.1 mtr
Propulsion Diesel engine Burmeister & Wain
Power 3,300 H.P.
Speed 12 knots
Bought 1959 to
Owner Australind Steamship Co. Ltd.
Name Australind
Scrapped Santander - 1972



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