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ORTOLAN (1945)
Service dates: 1949-1958
Official number: 180384
Shipping lines: GREAT YARMOUTH SHIPPING COMPANY; GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY
Ship type:
General Cargo Ship.
Career
- 08.10.1945
- Launched.
- 12.1945
- Completed as Empire Seabright for the Ministry of War Transport.
- 1946
- Sold to Overseas Fish Import Co Ltd and renamed Helen Seabright.
- 1949
- Acquired by the Great Yarmouth Shipping Company Ltd.
- 26.09.1950
- Transferred to the General Steam Navigation Company Ltd.
- 10.01.1951
- Renamed Ortolan.
- 27.06.1958
- Sold to Jorge K, Panama, and renamed Georgios K.
- 1962
- Sold to Cathey Shipping Corp, Panama, and renamed Laut Mas.
- 1964
- Sold to Transportes Mar de San Blassa, Panama, and renamed Pasteur.
- 14.01.1971
- Sank near Alida Shoal 290km (180 miles) east of Singapore (00°56’N-107°53’E) en route from Sibu to Singapore.