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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