| Name: | SAXONGLADE |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 03/10/1951 |
| Completed: | 07/1952 |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
| Yard: | High Walker |
| Yard Number: | 127 |
| Dimensions: | 13322grt, 7980nrt, 20452dwt, 537.7 x 75.1 x 40.5ft; |
| (1962: 15586grt, 10258nrt, 28537dwt, 177.25 x 24.39 x 14.51metres) | |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 8300shp |
| Engines by: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, Barrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 14.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 174575 |
| History: | |
| 01/08/1952 | Imperial Shipping Investment Co Ltd, Hamilton, Bermuda |
| 1956 | Renamed WORLD GLADE |
| 1958 | World Glade Corporation, Monrovia |
| 1961 | Registered at Piraeus |
| 1971 | Southern Atlantic Navigation Corp, Monrovia; renamed LORETTA |
| 04/1978 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1962: Converted to bulk carrier at Palmers' Dry Dock. She had a completely |
| new cargo section inserted, which was longer, wider & deeper than the original | |
| The new midbody was constructed by Vickers-Armstrongs as contract 527 | |
| 14/04/1978: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up by Nan Eng Steel Enterprise Co |
Above photo as SAXONGLADE is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as WORLD GLADE is copyright of Malcolm Donnelly
Above photo as WORLD GLADE is copyright of Michael Neidig
Above photo as WORLD GLADE is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as WORLD GLADE is copyright of Albert Weller