| Name: | PROSPECTOR |
| Type: | Bulk Carrier |
| Launched: | 17/02/1950 |
| Completed: | 06/1950 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 702 |
| Dimensions: | 7730dwt, 5460grt, 3110nrt, 447.0 x 60.4 x 20.5ft; (1960: 7484grt, 509.0ft) |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 2SA, Doxford type, 5cyl (560 x 1680mm) |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 06/1950 | Pan Ore SS Co Inc, Panama |
| 1960 | Lib-Ore SS Co Inc, Monrovia |
| 15/06/1979 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1960: Lengthened & widened to 509.0 x 64.0ft, 12417dwt, 7484grt |
| 15/06/1979: Arrived at Brownsville, Texas for breaking up by Consolidated Andy Inc |
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