SWAN HUNTER SHIPBUILDERS LTD., HAVERTON HILL

Name ENGLISH BRIDGE
Type Ore/oil/bulk carrier
Yard Number 27
Launched 25/09/1972
Completed 03/1973
Off. Number 360117
Engine builder Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Engine type 2SA 8 cyl. Burmeister & Wain
GRT 91082
Length (feet) 965.3
Beam (feet) 145.3
First owner Bibby Bulk Carriers Ltd. (Bibby Brothers Ltd.), Liverpool
History 1979 SUNSHINE, Amroth Investments Corporation, Monrovia
1980 MERCURIO, Grimaldi Cia. di Navigazione SpA, Italy
  1983 CRYSTAL TRANSPORTER, Far Eastern Navigation Corporation, Kaohsiung
  1985 KOWLOON BRIDGE, Hellinger Ltd., Hong Kong
   
Fate 18/11/1986 reported cracks in her deck on passage Seven Islands for Hunterston, put into Bantry Bay, sailed from there on 22/11/1986, lost rudder and wrecked on 24/11/1986 on The Stags 51.28N 09.14W and broke her back.

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