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WEST COASTER (1938)

Service dates: 1944-1964

Official number: 166333

Shipping lines: GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY

Ship type:


General Cargo Ship.


Career

01.1938
Completed as West Coaster for British Isles Coasters Ltd.
10.01.1944
Acquired by the General Steam Navigation Company but not renamed due to wartime restrictions.
25.10.1950
Renamed Mallard.
17.02.1964
Sold to Messrs Coles, Cowes, I O W, and renamed Allard.
1968
Sold to Amey Roadstone Corp Marine Ltd, London, and converted into a suction dredger.
1984
Broken up at Northfleet.


Ship technical details (PDF)