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| History | |
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| Name |
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| Port of registry | Panama  Panama 1958-1968
Monrovia  Liberia 1968-1977 |
| Builder | Western Pipe and Steel Company, San Francisco |
| Laid down | 17 April 1941 (as a C3 Cargo Ship) |
| Launched | 27 September 1942 |
| Identification | IMO number: 5111622 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 24 May 1980 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 12,464 GRT |
| Length | 153 m (502 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 21.2 m (69 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion | Single screw |
| Speed | 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph) |
| Capacity | 1,461 one-class passengers |
The Turbine Steamship Fairsky was a one-class Italian-styled passenger ship operated by the Sitmar Line, best known for service on the migrant passenger route from Britain to Australia from May 1958 until February 1972. After a 20-month lay-up at Southampton, Fairsky completed two further voyages to Australia, before returning to be based at Sydney as a popular full-time cruise ship, until striking an unmarked wreck in 1977 which rendered the vessel uneconomic to permanently repair. The ship was finally sold to a Philippines based consortium, intended for static use as a casino and floating hotel. In 1979 during refurbishment at Manila Bay for her new role, a fire broke out onboard which destroyed the accommodation. The wreck was towed to Hong Kong for demolition in 1980.