SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK
| Name | MANCHESTER VANGUARD |
| Type | Container |
| Yard Number | 1335 |
| Launched | 08/12/1976 |
| Completed | 05/1977 |
| Off. Number | 364729 |
| Engine builder | Scott's Engineering, Greenock |
| Engine type | 2 x SCSA 7 cyl. Sulzer |
| GRT | 17385 |
| Length (feet) | 554 |
| Beam (feet) | 82.7 |
| First owner | Golden Cross Line Ltd. (placed on charter to Manchester Liners) |
| History | 1977 SEATRAIN TRENTON on charter to Seatrain Lines, Monrovia |
| 1978 renamed MANCHESTER VANGUARD | |
| 1979 renamed KEELUNG on charter to Gold Star Line, Hong Kong | |
| 1980 renamed MANCHESTER VANGUARD | |
| 1982 renamed IBN MAJID on charter to United Arab Shipping Co., Kuwait | |
| 1983 ORIENTAL EXPERT, Express Tanker Services (Bermuda) Ltd. | |
| 1983 Chinese Maritime Transport Ltd., Taipei (C.Y.Tung, Hong Kong) | |
| 1991 OOCL APPLAUSE, Wellway Shipping Ltd. (C.Y.Tung, Hong Kong) | |
| 1994 renamed EAGLE RESPECT | |
| 1998 renamed OOCL APPLAUSE | |
| 2000 Da Ling Shipping, Belize (Fortune Glory Private Ltd., Singapore) | |
| 2001 renamed DA LI | |
| Fate | 14/05/2002 arrived at Xinhui for breaking. |
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