SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK
| Name | GALWAY |
| Type | Cargo |
| Yard Number | 1253 |
| Launched | 17/09/1958 |
| Completed | 02/1959 |
| Off. Number | 300830 |
| Engine builder | Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn |
| Engine type | 2 S.C. SA 5 cyl Doxford |
| GRT | 9539 |
| Length (feet) | 525.3 |
| Beam (feet) | 60.6 |
| First owner | Avenue Shipping Co. (Trinder, Anderson & Co.), London |
| History | 03/1967 lengthened by Smith's Docks at North Shields |
| 10/1971 managers P&O General Cargo Division | |
| 03/1972 Peninsular & Oriental S.N. Co. | |
| 06/1975 renamed STRATHINVER | |
| 04/1976 GOLDEN FORTUNE, Guan Guan Shipping (Pte.), Singapore | |
| Fate | 09/09/1983 stranded at Hong Kong in a typhoon, sold for breaking in situ. |
below, after lengthening
... and stranded as GOLDEN FORTUNE
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