Western Prince
Ship Number
1508
Vessel Type
Cargo Ship
Built
Govan Yard
Slip Number
3
Launch Date
December 9, 1954
Launched By
Miss Joyce Charlton
Delivered
April 27, 1955
Owner
Prince Line Ltd
Weight
7917 grt
BP Length
435 feet
Breadth
61 feet
No. of Screws
Single
Speed (approx)
14 knots
Propulsion
2-stroke, single acting, oil engine with 5 cylinders of 750 mm diameter each; stroke 1,500 mm; 6,000 brake horsepower; engine by H&W
Official No.
186230
Registered
London
Fate
Abandoned
Western Prince

Single screw motor vessel; 2 decks; 7 bulkheads; 5 holds (569,600 cu. ft.);  fitted with direction finder, echo sounding device, gyro-compass, radar and  radiotelephony on MF & VHF
 
Completed in April 1955 as the Western Prince for Prince Line Ltd.
 
In 1957 she was chartered to Shaw, Savill & Albion and renamed Zealandic with Furness, Withy & Co. as managers.
 
Six years later she was transferred to Manchester Liners, a Furness, Withy subsidiary, as the Manchester Trader and in 1969 reverted to Prince Line as the Western Prince.
 
She was sold to the Saint Nicolas Shipping Co. of Cyprus for £380,000 in 1971 and was renamed Mariner.
 
On 29th March 1973 during a voyage from Havana to Kobe she was abandoned after springing a leak.