SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK

Name MANCHESTER CONCORDE
Type Container
Yard Number 1296
Launched 20/01/1969
Completed 05/1969
Off. Number 337261
Engine builder Crossley Premier Engines, Manchester
Engine type 2 x 4SA Pielstick
GRT 11896
Length (feet) 529.9
Beam (feet) 63.9
First owner Nile Steam Ship Co. Ltd. (on charter to Manchester Liners, Manchester)
   
History 1982 Furness-Withy (Shipping) Ltd.
  1982 CHAR LIAN, Char Lian Marine Co., Panama
   
Fate 14/12/1983 arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking.

Upper photos by Harold Appleyard

 

MANCHESTER CONCORDE having just been renamed CHAR LIAN

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