Common Brothers managed one these vessels which in March 1980 suffered an engineroom fire after leaving Fremantle fully loaded. Ship was abandoned and sunk. Lots of lost roast lamb dinners.
I was a cadet on these ships in the 80's. They are not as bad as they are made out to be. Particularly these vessels - Al Shuwaikh, Al Quwait, Al Qurain, where the sheep were carried above decks, were actually quite comfortable for the sheep, which were carried strictly to Australian legal standards.
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