PORT ALFRED / MASIRAH / MASIR

BUILT IN 1961 BY HARLAND & WOLFF AT THEIR BELFAST YARD. SHE HAD A SERVICE SPEED OF 17 KNOTS AND WAS A VESSEL OF 8.296 TONS.SHE WAS ORIGINALLY ORDERED TO REPLACE THE PORT SAINT JOHN.IN 1976 SHE ( AND OTHERS ) WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE CUNARD STEAM SHIP COMPANY, BUT THEY RETAINED THE PORT LINE LIVERY.IN 1978 SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO BROCKLEBANK TO REPLACE THEIR MAHEER, SHE KEPT HER PORT LINE LIVERY FOR A WHILE, BUT WAS EVENTUALLY PAINTED IN THE BROCKLEBANK LIVERY COLOURS. IN 1981 SHE WAS LAID UP FOR SIX MONTHS. SHE WAS THEN  SOLD TO A. BACOLITSAS OF PIRAEUS, GREECE .SHE WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO  ORPHEUS LTD OF GIBRALTAR ( OWNED BY A BACOLITSAS ) WHO RE-NAMED HER MASIR. SHE THEN WENT THE WAY OF A LOT OF VESSELS,  IN 1986 ONE FINAL CARGO WAS LOADED IN ROTTERDAM FOR THE PHILIPPINES AND FROM THERE TO THE BREAKERS YARD IN SIRACHA ( THAILAND ) SHE HAD BEEN ON THE CRUSADER LINE CHARTER WHILE STILL SAILING UNDER THE NAME PORT ALFRED.