FURNESS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LTD., HAVERTON HILL
| Name | OVERSEAS EXPLORER |
| Type | Tanker |
| Yard Number | 461 |
| Launched | 17/07/1958 |
| Completed | 02/1959 |
| Off. Number | 300836 |
| Engine builder | Richardson, Westgarth & Co., Hartlepool |
| Engine type | 2 steam turbines |
| GRT | 16267 |
| Length (feet) | 573.1 |
| Beam (feet) | 80.3 |
| First owner | London & Overseas Tankers, London |
| History | 1967 LONDON EXPLORER, London & Overseas Freighters, London |
| 1967 converted to a bulk carrier at La Spezia | |
| 1976 SOVEREIGN, Eddie S.S. Co., Taiwan | |
| 1979 Eurocean Navigation Corporation, Taiwan | |
| Fate | 14/04/1979 arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking |
Photo from Harold Appleyard
OVERSEAS EXPLORER as the bulk carrier LONDON EXPLORER
Photo from Clive Ketley
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