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Welcome to our Camito website celebrating this remarkable liner. This unique passenger cargo ship was the last Elders & Fyffes passenger ship and last of the banana boats. She was built by Alexander Stephen & Son Ltd, Glasgow in 1956 for service on the Southampton to the West Indies service. Her main trade was general cargo outbound and bananas on the return run. She was retired from service in 1973. By this time she was the last of the "banana boats" and her passenger traffic had been taken over by the airlines. She was scrapped in Taiwan. This
website aims to record the history of this fine British ocean liner and
act as
a virtual home to honour and commemorate this fine ship. We hope you
enjoy this
website and when you leave we hope you will visit again soon.
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S.S.
CAMITO ~ The Last of Banana Boats ~
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Southampton
to Barbados, Trinidad, Kingston, Port Antonio, Montego Bay,
Oracabessa and Bowdin "West Indies" service. "THE WEST INDIES SERVICE"
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(c) The AJN Transport Britain Collection 2007 A Edward Elliott