AUSTRAL RAINBOW AK 1005

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Lighterage Aboard Ship (LASH) Keel Laid 1971-72 as "SS CHINA BEAR" - Launched (date unknown) Completed and delivered May 25 1972 to Pacific Far East Lines Inc. Sold to Farrell Lines Inc., December 22 1975 Renamed "SS AUSTRAL RAINBOW" December 30 1975 SS AUSTRAL RAINBOW AK-1005 Chartered & Placed in service by MSC October 22 1981 Placed out of Service October 21 1985 Returned to her owners upon completion of her contract with MSC SS AUSTRAL RAINBOW AK-1005 Chartered & Placed in service by MSC May 30 1987 Placed out of Service March 1990 Returned to her owners upon completion of her contract with MSC Sold by Farrell Lines Inc. to Central Gulf Lines Inc., October 1990

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

1. Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Kobe JAPAN Postmark

Unknown

N/A

SS CHINA BEAR (May 1972-December 1975)

 

Other Information

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