Africa Palm (II) Arriving on the Mersey for the first time. © Unknown.
Africa Palm (II). In the English Channel. © Fotoflite
Africa Palm (II). Arriving on the Tyne 07/06/81. © Ken Lubi.
Africa Palm (II) seen in the English Channel. © Fotoflite.
Charters & Excursions
Seen in Liverpool at the start of her Columbus Line charter as the Santa Barbara Pacific. 1983. © Brian Fisher
Santa Barbara Pacific, KGV dock Hull in 1983, one of her glamourous stops on her charter to the Columbus Line. © Graham Hobbins
Arriving back in Liverpool on 01/08/83 at the end of her charter. © Paul Tunney
Before Palm Line
Launched in 1971 as the M.V. Joruna for I/S Lars Rej Johansen & Knut A. Knutsen, Oslo
Avonmouth 01/12/73 © Malcolm Cranfield
Location, date and photographer unknown
Hamburg 01/03/74 © W. Fricke
After Palm Line
When Africa Palm was sold in 1984, she became:
1984 – Messaria
Owner: Europa Maritime Ltd (Cyprus flag)
Managed via Oxford Shipping Ltd (Isle of Man).
For a while in the mid-1980s she reportedly had operational problems and periods of casualty or inactivity before continuing trading under the same name.
Her career continued mainly in Asian trades:
1987 – Tong Zhou (Shanghai Jin Jiang Shipping Corp., China)
1995 – Dong Wan
1996 – Brilliant 8 (Singapore owners)
1997 – Luxury (same Singapore ownership)
These changes were typical for older cargo ships working in secondary trades toward the end of their lives.
1997 – Broken up in China while trading under the name Luxury.
Tong Zhou ex-Africa Palm possibly in Hong Kong. Date and photographer unknown
This is the only image I have been able to find of her after leaving Palm Line. If anyone has any other photo’s please get in touch.