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SHELDRAKE (1956)
Service dates: 1963-1968
Official number: 185822
Shipping lines: GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY
Ship type:
General Cargo Ship.
Career
- 27.01.1956
- Launched.
- 04.1956
- Completed as Manchester Vanguard for Manchester Liners Ltd, Manchester.
- 07.06.1963
- Sold to the General Steam Navigation Company Ltd and renamed Sheldrake.
- 1968
- Sold to Bat-Golan Mediterranean Lines Ltd, Haifa, Israel and renamed Bat Golan.
- 1974
- Sold to Woodchuck Shipping Corp Inc, Panama, renamed Woodchuck.
- 1974
- Sold to South Wind Shipping Co (Private) Ltd, Singapore, renamed Selatan Maju.
- 1981
- Sold to Hai Lee Shipping & Trading Co (Private) Ltd, and renamed Wihar I. Registered under the Panamanian flag.
- 16.03.1985
- Arrived at Junk Bay, Hong Kong, and broken up.