SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK
| Name | MANCHESTER VENTURE |
| Type | Container |
| Yard Number | 1336 |
| Launched | 01/07/1977 |
| Completed | 10/1977 |
| Off. Number | 364731 |
| 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 | Gough & Crosthwaite Ltd. (placed on charter to Manchester Liners) |
| History | 1977 SEATRAIN BENNINGTON on charter to Seatrain Lines, Monrovia |
| 1979 renamed MANCHESTER VENTURE | |
| 1979 renamed MARSEILLE on charter to Gold Star Line, Hong Kong | |
| 1980 renamed MANCHESTER VENTURE | |
| 1980 ORIENTAL VENTURE, Kalten Shipping Ltd. (C.Y.Tung, Hong Kong) | |
| 1981 renamed RHEIN EXPRESS | |
| 1984 renamed ORIENTAL AMBASSADOR | |
| 1989 renamed OOCL ALLIANCE | |
| 1992 Chinese Maritime Transport (C.Y.Tung, Hong Kong) | |
| 1996 Pacific Union Container Carriers Ltd. (C.Y.Tung, Hong Kong) | |
| 1999 renamed STAR ALLIANCE | |
| 1999 renamed OOCL ALLIANCE | |
| 2000 DA SHENG, Da Sheng Shipping, Belize (Fortune Glory Private Ltd., Singapore) | |
| Fate | 18/05/2002 arrived at Xinhui for breaking. |
Fitting out at South Bank, photo by Michael Green
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