Private Photographs of Ships.

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With Grateful Thanks to Geoff Woodland

FREDERICK CLOVER



Built: Vickers-Armstrong Ltd;, Newcastle.
Tonnage: 4, 255 grt, 2, 333 nrt, 1, 640 dwt.
Engines: Twin Screw, 2 x Triple Expansion 4 Cylinder by Hicks, Hargreaves & Co Ltd, Bolton. 5, 500 IHP, 13 Knots.
Launched 15th January 1945, Completed 1945, Yard Nos. 91.

Completed for the Royal Navy as L.S.T. 3001 (3) type. She went to the War Office on the 31st October 1946 becoming Frederick Clover. Transferred to M.O.T., Atlantic Steam Navigation as managers in 1952. Came under British India management in April of 1961 and remained as such until sold to Philippine American Shipping Corp of Panama in 1966 becoming Pacific Pioneer. Scrapped in Hong Kong December 1968.



Dumping cypher machines between Singapore & Borneo 1966.



Ghurkhas leaving Borneo to go on leave after giving the Indonesians a good hiding 1966



I think we were arriving at Kuching with fresh troops - I don't think we were taking them back to Singapore



The tank deck was full so we started to load on deck - hence the River picture



Small landing craft carrying supplies across Singapore harbour