Name: | EASTERN TRADER |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 15/09/1958 |
Completed: | 02/1959 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1962 |
Dimensions: | 6914grt, 3812nrt, 10828dwt, 481.0 x 62.3 x 27.7ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, Doxford type, 2SCSA, 5cyl (670 x 2320mm), 5600bhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Reg Number: | 315044 |
History: | |
02/1959 | The Indo-China Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Hong Kong |
1972 | Santiren Shipping Ltd, Limassol; renamed CHRYSOVALANDOU DYO |
03/04/1981 | Broken up |
Comments: | 24/04/1980: Grounded off entrance to Mombasa with a cargo of vehicles |
Subsequently refloated | |
03/04/1981: Arrived at Gadani Beach for breaking up |
Above photo as EASTERN TRADER copyright of Malcolm Cranfield
Above photo as EASTERN TRADER courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as EASTERN TRADER copyright of Malcolm Cranfield
Above photo as EASTERN TRADER copyright of City of Vancouver Archives, Walter Frost Collection
Above photo as CHRYSOVALANDOU DYO copyright of Malcolm Cranfield