This funnel was used by four landing craft built in 1981 for Burns Philp (PNG) Ltd.
Recorded as Burns, Philp (New Guinea) in 1963–64 and later Burns, Philp (PNG), the company was 68.3% owned by Burns, Philp & Co., with the balance held by Investment Corp. of New Guinea and the Public Officers’ Superannuation Board. An attempted sale to those shareholders failed in November 1988. It was a Southwest Pacific Container Line part-owner; this section gives commencement as August 1993 but cites August 1983.
Papua, New Guinea.