CINGALESE PRINCE / GALLIC / GLOUCESTERSHIRE / CRESCO

BUILT IN 1950 BY VICKERS ARMSTRONG IN NEWCASTLE FOR THE PRINCE LINE.SHE WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO EASTERN PRINCE.

 IN 1960 SHE WAS CHARTERED TO SHAW SAVILL & ALBION, AND RE-NAMED 'GALLIC', AND WAS PAINTED  IN SHAW SAVILL & ALBION LIVERY.

SHE WAS RETURNED TO PRINCE LINE IN 1962 AND WAS GIVEN HER ORIGINAL NAME OF 'CINGALESE PRINCE' AGAIN.

 IN 1964 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE BIBBY BROTHERS, AND SHE WAS RE-NAMED 'GLOUCESTERSHIRE'.

THE ABOVE PICTURE SHOWS HER AS GLOUCESTERSHIRE.

IN 1971 SHE WAS BASICALLY SOLD TO THE BREAKERS YARD, BUT RE-NAMED 'CRESO' AND TOOK A  CARGO TO THE FAR EAST ON HER WAY TO THE BREAKERS YARD IN WHAMPOA, CHINA, SHE ARRIVED IN 1972 AND WAS SCRAPPED.