SWAN HUNTER SHIPBUILDERS LTD., HAVERTON HILL
| Name | SIR ALEXANDER GLEN |
| Type | Ore/oil/bulk carrier |
| Yard Number | 55 |
| Launched | 14/11/1974 |
| Completed | 04/1975 |
| Off. Number | 363587 |
| Engine builder | Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
| Engine type | 2SA 8 cyl. Burmeister & Wain |
| GRT | 89423 |
| Length (feet) | 965.3 |
| Beam (feet) | 145.3 |
| First owner | Thornhope Shipping Co. Ltd. (Houlder Bros. & Co.), London |
| History | 1977 Managed by Denholm Ship Management Co Ltd. |
| 1983 Managed by Hudson S.S. Co. Ltd. | |
| 1985 Transferred to Hong Kong registry | |
| 1988 Transferred to Bahamas registery | |
| 1989 renamed SIR ALEXANDER, Renova Shipping Co. Ltd., Cyprus, but did not trade under this name | |
| 1989 OCEAN MONARCH, Renova Shipping Co. Ltd., Cyprus (Ji Sheng Marine Corp, Taiwan) | |
| 1989 OCEAN MANDARIN, E.D.I. Marine Carriers, Taiwan | |
| 19/03/1994 Lost rudder NE of Japan and towed to Samchonpo Anchorage (S.Korea) for discharge of her cargo of coal, arriving 30/04/1994. After unloading, arrested by lawyers acting for salvage tugs, and moved back to anchorage. | |
| Fate | 08/10/1994 sailed Samchonpo for breakers at Xinhui. |
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