Geeststar
The Geeststar was owned by Waling van Geest and registered at Gravenzande, Holland. With a gross tonnage of 1,972, net 1,001 and deadweight 1,998, she was built in 1960 by De Groot and van Vliet, at Slikkerveer, her dimensions being 325 ft. 9 in. x 44 ft. 11 in. x15 ft. 9 in.on a draft of 13 ft. 111/4 in. Originally a gas turbine ship, having four free piston gas generators and a gas turbine geared to a single screw shaft, this machinery was removed in 1964 and replaced by a vee¬type 20-cylinder oil engine. The vessel was sold to the Harvard Shipping Company, Inc., of Panama and renamed Banana Reefer in 1971.SG473
