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Banana boat is a descriptive nickname that was given to fast ships, also called banana carriers, engaged in the banana trade. They were designed to transport easily spoiled bananas rapidly from tropical growing areas to North America and Europe.
The first of these entered service later the same year as a banana boat and a fourth vessel, the Oracabessa, was also added to the fleet. In 1904, three purpose built banana boats were ordered, each of 3,760 GRT. In 1910 the company came under the control of the United Fruit Company but retained its identity. [1]
TSS Golfito was a 8,687 GRT [1] passenger-carrying banana boat of the Fyffes Line, a fleet of ships owned and operated by the UK banana importer Elders and Fyffes Limited. She was 448 feet (137 m) long [2] and had a top speed of 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h) [1]
Ships of the Royal Banana Monopoly (5 P) Pages in category "Banana boats (ships)" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
SS Manistee was an Elders & Fyffes Ltd banana boat that was launched in 1920. She was one of a numerous class of similar banana boats built for Elders & Fyffes in the 1920s. In 1940 the British Admiralty requisitioned Manistee and had her converted into an ocean boarding vessel.
USS Talamanca (AF-15) was the United Fruit Company cargo and passenger liner Talamanca that served as a United States Navy Mizar-class stores ship in World War II.. Talamanca was the lead ship of six fast, turbo-electric transmission ships built primarily for banana transport for the United Fruit Company subsidiary shipping line, United Mail Steamship Company.
Passenger-cargo ship/Banana boat: Tonnage: 8,687 GRT: Length: 448 feet: Speed: 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph) TSS Camito was a passenger-carrying banana boat of the Fyffes Line.
The Italian ship Ramb I was a pre-war "banana boat" converted to an auxiliary cruiser in World War II. Ramb I operated as an armed merchant in the Red Sea and was ordered to sail to Japan after the fall of Massawa to the Allies. She was sunk in the Indian Ocean before she could reach her intended destination. [2] [3]