SS Montoro
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| History | |
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| Name | SS Montoro |
| Owner | Burns, Philp and Company Ltd |
| Builder | Clyde Shipbuilding |
| Yard number | 296 |
| Launched | 24 Oct 1911 |
| Completed | December 1911 |
| In service | 1912 |
| Out of service | 1954 |
| Fate | broken up for scrap Jan 1955 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | passenger / cargo |
| Tonnage | 4, 507 tons |
| Length | 360 ft 6 in |
| Beam | 47 ft 2 in |
| Depth | 23 ft 8 in |
Remarks
Initial service was on the Australia, java, Singapore route. In the mid-1920s she shifted to the Australia to Papua new Guinea service. She was requisitioned of war service from 1939 until 1945, but remained under the control of the Austalian Government from 1945 until 1948 when she was sold to Wah Shang Steam Ship Company of Shanghi who renamed her Haven.
on 21 Jan 1976 Papua New Guinea issed a stamp honouring her service.