| Name: | GUARDIAN |
| Type: | Cable Ship |
| Launched: | 12/07/1907 |
| Completed: | 09/1907 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 784 |
| Dimensions: | 1768grt, 981nrt, 278.4 x 36.0 x 14.9ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (15.5, 25 & 43 x 30ins), 265nhp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 12.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a; (1937: 125613) |
| History: | |
| 09/1907 | Central & South American Telegraph Co, New York |
| 1922 | All America Cables Inc., New York |
| 1937 | Caribbean Steamship Co Ltd (CP Tatt), Nassau |
| 1939 | West India Fruit & Steamship Co Inc, Bluefields, Va |
| 1940 | Mayan SS Co (United Fruit Co), Puerto Cortes |
| 1941 | Empresa Hondureņa de Vapores, Puerto Cortes |
| 1946 | Caribbean Atlantic Shipping Corp, Tegucigalpa; renamed CEIBAR |
| 1948 | Ships & Vessels Ltd, Haifa; renamed THEODOR HERZL |
| 12/1950 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1937: Converted to a cargo ship |
| 1947: Refitted in a Marseille shipyard to accommodate 2600 immigrants. | |
| 13/04/1947: Arrived at Haifa under unregistered name THEODOR HERZL | |
| She was carrying illegal Jewish immigrants from France and Belgium | |
| 12/1950: Broken up at Haifa |
Above photo as GUARDIAN courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as THEODOR HERZL courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as THEODOR HERZL courtesy of Photoship
Shields Daily News, Saturday, 13/07/1907