WAR PLANET / CYPRIAN PRINCE / MOORISH PRINCE / NAMAQUALAND / GLOUCESTER CITY / KADERBAKSH

BUILT IN 1919 BY BLUMER & CO OF SUNDERLAND FOR THE SHIPPING CONTROLLER SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 3,071 TONS.  SHE ON THE STOCKS AS THE WAR PLANET, BUT WAS LAUNCHED AS THE CYPRIAN PRINCE. SHE WAS  THE SISTER SHIP TO THE ALGERIAN PRINCE.

SHE WAS RE-NAMED  MOORISH PRINCE IN 1936, DUE TO A NEW VESSEL HAVING BEEN BUILT, WHICH THEY WANTED TO NAME CYPRIAN PRINCE.

SHE WAS SOLD TO  CHAS HILL & CO ( BRISTOL CITY LINE )  IN 1936, AND RE-NAMED  GLOUCESTER CITY.

IN 1949 SHE WAS SOLD TO SOUTH AFRICAN LINES AND RE-NAMED NAMAQUALAND.

 IN 1951 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE UNITED ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO ( PAKISTAN ) AND RE-NAMED  KADERBAKSH.

SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN 1961 AT GADANI BEACH ( PAKISTAN )

 I THINK THE TOP PICRTURE SHOWS HER LEAVING BRISTOL DOCKS AND  GOING DOWN THE RIVER AVON - MIGHT BE WRONG THOU