SUNMONT
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 4:07 pm
The name given on the stamp is wrong, correct name is SUNMONT.
Built under yard No. 151 by the North Vancouver Ship Repairs Ltd., North Vancouver, B.C., Canada, for the Park Steamship Co., a British Government company.
06 April 1945 launched under the name SIMCOE PARK, all the 176 ships built during World War II for the British government in Canada were named after provincial or municipal parks in Canada.
Tonnage 7.148 grt, 4.305 net, 10.713 dwt., dim. 441.6 x 57.2 x 27.9ft.
One triple expansion steam engine, 2.525 hp., manufactured by Canadian Allis-Chalmers Ltd., Montreal. Speed 16 knots.
1948 Transferred to the Saguenay Terminals Ltd., London, renamed in SUNMONT.
The company used her in the service between Canada to the Caribbean.
1960 Sold to Yick Fung Shipping & Enterprises Co., Hong Kong, renamed in SHUN FUNG.
05 September 1964 she was swept aground off Cheung Chau, Hong Kong harbour in winds of 130 miles per hour generated by typhoon Ruby. Her bow on the rocks her stern afloat, she fractured her main deck across her full breath. All her holds and engine room flooded she broke her back during the running of the tidal current.
Declared a constructive total loss.
St Kitts 1990 25c sg 315, scott 297.
Source: The Parks by Mitchell and Sawyer. Modern Shipping Disasters 1963-1987 by Hooke.