DOLIUS “A” class steel motorship - Mk.V. or “D” class.
O.N. 187121. 7,960g. 4,539n. 491' 6" x 62' 4" x 28' 5" oa
6-cyl. 2 S.C.S. A. (750 x 1500mm) B&W type by the shipbuilder. 8,000 BHP. 16½ kts.
4.8.1955: Launched by Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast (Yard No. 1497), for the Ocean Steamship Company Ltd.
2.1.1956: Registered at Liverpool.
1.1956: Completed.
8.1970: Transferred to Glen Line Ltd., and renamed GLENFRUIN.
4.1972: Reverted to the Ocean Steamship Company Ltd., and to DOLIUS.
1972: Sold to the Nan Yang Shipping Company, (Ocean Tramping Company Ltd., managers), Macao, and renamed HUNG MIEN.
1973: Sold to Ocean Tramping Company Ltd., Somali Republic.
1976: Sold to United Freighter Corporation, Panama.
1977: Sold to the Government of the Peoples Republic of China, (Bureau of Maritime Transport Administration, (Kwang Chow Branch), managers), and renamed HONG QI 119.
1983: Transferred to the managers' Guangzhou Branch.
1984: Transferred to the managers' Shanghai Branch, and renamed ZHAN DOU 51.
11.1991: Lloyd’s Register deleted the entry due to her continued existence being in doubt.
This link should take you to her photo in the gallery
https://www.shippinghistory.com/gall...searchid=17719