Canadian Bridge
Ship Number
1692
Vessel Type
Bulk Carrier
Built
Belfast
Slip Number
musgrave yard
Launch Date
October 5, 1974
Launched By
Mrs M B King
Delivered
November 29, 1974
Owner
Britain Steamship Co.
Weight
65135 grt
BP Length
820 feet
Breadth
133 feet
No. of Screws
Single
Speed (approx)
15.5 knots
Propulsion
DR Diesel 9 cylinder 21,100 SHP
Official No.
Registered
Fate
Scrapped
Canadian Bridge

A bulk carrier, she was built for the Britain Steamship Co., a Bibby subsidiary since 1967, and managed by Watts, Watts & Co. for the Seabridge Consortium.
 
When she came off charter in 1977 she was renamed Bedfordshire and on 26th January 1978 she was laid up at Loch Strachan.
 
On 8th September 1978 she was sold to Shell Tankers (UK) Ltd of London, renamed Tectus and made her first sailing from the Clyde to Richards Bay, South Africa where she loaded a cargo of coal for Hamburg. She was never converted to carry oil.
 
In 1987 she was sold to the Philippine Transmarine Carriers Inc. of Manila who changed her name to Bocita and in the following year was acquired by Tianjin Ocean Shipping Co. of China (COSCO Tianjin) who renamed her Shou An Hai.
 
She was detained at Dampier by the Australian Marine Safety Agency then departed 6th December 1994 for scrap in China.