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Orient Merchant (1964/06/06)
  IMO: 5264869  
Details/Construction
Builder:Caledon Ship Building & Engineering Company Ltd.Location:Dundee, ScotlandHull #:405
Keel Layed:Launched:1944/05/23Commissioned:1944/09
Propulsion
As builtType:2 steam turbine enginesOutput:15.0 knots
Manufacturer:Metropolitan-Vickers Electric Company - Manchester, England
 
Dimensions
As builtLength (oa):151.6 m (497.4 ft)Gross Tonnage:9894
Length (lbp):141.7 m (464.9 ft)Net Tonnage:7134
Beam:19.7 m (64.6 ft)Dead Weight:11945
Depth:8.9 m (29.25 ft)Displacement:
Draft: 
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
British Government19441944/06
Netherlands Government1944/061946
Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Mij19461962
Orient Mid-East Line Inc. - Greece19621965
Labrador Compania Naviera SA - Liberia19651967/11
FleetFromUntil
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
Empire Albion1944/06
Terborch1946
Eemdyk1962
Orient Merchant1965
Zambezi1967/11
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
Dundee, Scotland 1944 1944/06
Amsterdam, Netherlands 1944/06 1946
Rotterdam, Netherlands PDVE 1946 1962
2068 Piraeus, Greece SVTW 1962 1965
2364 Monrovia, Liberia 1965 1967/11
Disposition
Description/LocationScrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Arrival at Yard1967/11/19Beached:Work Began:
LostDamaged while undergoing repairs at Rio de Janiero, BrazilDate:1966/12/19

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