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NORDIC PRINCE / CHINESE PRINCE / NORDIC

BUILT IN 1943 BY THOMPSON & SONS IN SUNDERLAND.SHE WAS SERIOUSLY DAMAGED BY A DIRECT HIT FROM A GERMAN BOMB WHILE STILL IN THE BUILDERS YARD. SHE WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO THE 'JAVANESE PRINCE' ( LATER TO BE SOLD TO BEN LINE )

SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO SHAW SAVILL & ALBION IN 1950 AND RE-NAMED 'NORDIC'.

 SHE HAD ACCOMMODATION FOR UP TO TWELVE PASSENGERS.

IN 1963 SHE WAS BACK WITH PRINCE LINE AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR SHE WAS SENT TO HIRAO WHERE SHE WAS SCRAPPED.

 

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