NORMAN / KWANGTUNG / CALIFORNIA / WAYFUL

GENERAL CARGO SHIP OF 5,713 TONS

SHE WAS LAUNCHED IN 1958 / 1959 AS THE KWANGTUNG AND HAD BEEN BUILT AT TAIKOO DOCKYARD ( HONG KONG ) AND WAS OWNED BY CHINA NAV CO LTD BUT MANGED BY J SWIRE & SONS

SHE WAS CHARTERED TO THE CRUSADER LIME IN 1965 AND RENAMED NORMAN

WHEN SHE CAME OF THE CRUSADER LINE CHARTER SHE RESUMED HER OLD NAME OF KWANGTUNG

IN 1977 SHE WAS OPERATED BY THE TAIKOO NAV CO LTD BUT AGAIN UNDER J SWIRE & CO MANAGEMENT

IN 1979 SHE WAS SOLD TO GORDON NAV CO BUT MANAGED BY JOHNSON CO ( ASIA ) LTD AND WAS REANMED CALIFORNIA

IN 1983 SHE WAS RENAMED WAYFUL AND SOLD TO  JUNIPER SHIPPING CO OF PANAMA

SHE WAS BROKEN UP IN SHANGHAI 1984/85