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NORFOLK TRADER (1954)

Service dates: 1956-1970

Official number: 187905

Shipping lines: GREAT YARMOUTH SHIPPING COMPANY

Ship type:


General Cargo Ship.


Career

16.12.1953
Launched.
03.1954
Completed as Arbon for NV Fegro (Holschers Kustvaart Bedrijf NV, managers) Dordrecht, Netherlands.
14.07.1956
Acquired by the Great Yarmouth Shipping Company Ltd, Yarmouth, and renamed Norfolk Trader.
1970
Sold for £14,500 to A Zafeiroudis, Thessaloniki, Greece, and renamed Christoforos.
1976
Sold to C Kaiafas, et al, and renamed Phillipos K.
1983
Renamed Diana D.
1983
Renamed Ghada S.
23.11.1983
Involved in a collision 20 nautical miles off Sidon on a voyage from Vasilikos to Sidon, carrying a load of cement. She was a total loss.


Ship technical details (PDF)