MV Port Fairy
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | MV Port Fairy |
| Namesake | Port Fairy, Victoria |
| Owner | Commonwealth and Dominion Line |
| Builder | Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear |
| Yard number | 1339 |
| Launched | 18 July 1928 |
| Completed | October 1928 |
| Fate | Sold to Embajada Cia. Naviera SA of Piraeus |
| Greece | |
| Name | MV Taishikan |
| Owner | Embajada Compania Naviera SA of Piraeus |
| Acquired | 1965 |
| Identification | Official number: 5528236 |
| Fate | Broken up at Hong Kong on 4 June 1965 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 8072 GRT |
| Length | 477.4 ft (145.5 m) |
| Beam | 63.4 ft (19.3 m) |
| Propulsion |
|
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
MV Port Fairy was a UK merchant vessel built in 1928 by Swan Hunter for the Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd (or "Port Line") shipping company and sold in 1965 to Embajada Compania Naviera SA of Piraeus. Named after the coastal town of Port Fairy in Australia, she was renamed Taishikan for her final commercial voyage to Hong Kong where she was scrapped.