| Name: | CRYSTAL DIAMOND |
| Type: | Bulk Carrier |
| Launched: | 18/12/1956 |
| Completed: | 04/1957 |
| Builder: | Hawthorn, Leslie (Ship Builders) Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 728 |
| Dimensions: | 10917dwt, 8670grt, 4850nrt, 430.0 x 61.0 x 37.3ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 2SA, Doxford type, 4cyl (600 x 2320mm), 3300bhp |
| Engines by: | Hawthorn, Leslie (Engineering) Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 187558 |
| History: | |
| 17/04/1957 | Sugar Line Ltd (Athel Line Ltd), London |
| 1973 | Vanda Cia Ltda, Monrovia; renamed VANDA |
| 22/08/1978 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 22/08/1978: Arrived at Blyth for breaking up by Hughes Bolckow Ltd |
Above photo as CRYSTAL DIAMOND is copyright of South Tyneside Libraries
Above photo as CRYSTAL DIAMOND, dated 13/07/1963, is copyright of Keith Wood
Above photo as CRYSTAL DIAMOND, dated 04/09/1968, is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield
Above photo as CRYSTAL DIAMOND is copyright of JK Byass
Above photo as CRYSTAL DIAMOND is copyright of Richard Parsons
Above photo as CRYSTAL DIAMOND is copyright of Russell Priest
Above photo as VANDA, dated 08/1975, is copyright of Michael Green
Above: VANDA being broken up at Blyth. Photo is copyright of Harold Appleyard
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