SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK

Name STUART PRINCE
Type Cargo
Yard Number 1069
Launched 15/08/1940
Completed 10/1940
Off. Number 168022
Engine builder Shipbuilder
Engine type T. 3cyl.
GRT 1914
Length (feet) 304
Beam (feet) 44.2
First owner Prince Line Ltd. (Furness, Withy), London
   
History 1951 renamed FORT HAMILTON on deployment in the Furness group
  1958 reverted to STUART PRINCE
  1959 HALCYON MED, Cia. Maritima Med (D. Th. Petropoulos), Beirut
   
Fate 24/08/1960 cut in two by collision with tanker ESSO SWITZERLAND in fog in 36.09N 03.36W on passage Arzew for Granton with esparto grass. Forepart sank next day while under tow.

... from collection of Clive Ketley

STUART PRINCE as FORT HAMILTON

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