FURNESS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LTD., HAVERTON HILL
| Name | CHANT 55 |
| Type | Tanker, 'Chant' class |
| Yard Number | 368 |
| Launched | 31/01/1944 |
| Completed | 03/1944 |
| Off. Number | 169130 |
| Engine builder | British Auxiliaries Ltd., Glasgow |
| Engine type | 2SCSA 6 cyl. |
| GRT | 401 |
| Length (feet) | 141.7 |
| Beam (feet) | 27.1 |
| First owner | Ministry of War Transport (Coastal Tankers Ltd.), Middlesbrough |
| History | 1947 ABDUL KADER, M. H. Kodsi, Lattakia |
| 1948 TONY, Toufic Battache, Beirut | |
| 1954 Levant Shipping Co. S.A.L., Beirut and converted to dry cargo | |
| 1956 MARIA, Antoniou & Giliates, Laurium | |
| 1963 S. Kontos & D. Gioldassis & Co., Laurium | |
| Fate | 03/09/1966 sank in 34.12N 34.05E on passage Haifa for Famagusta with cement. |
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