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REXMORE / MANCHESTER EXPORTER / NICARAGUA / YU TUNG  / RIO BAMBA

BUILT IN 1918 BY JAMES LAING & SONS AT SUNDERLAND FOR THE JOHNSTON LINE. SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 6,512 TONS, AND HER OFFICIAL NUMBER WAS 140584. SHE HAD A SERVICE SPEED OF 12 KNOTS. SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO MANCHESTER LINERS AND RE-NAMED MANCHESTER EXPORTER. IN 1947 SHE WAS SOLD TO CARGUEROS PANAMENOS OF PANAMA AND RE-NAMED NICARAGUA. THE FOLLOWING YEAR SHE WAS SOLD TO YU CHUNG SS CO OF SHANGHAI , CHINA AND RE-NAMED YU TUNG. IN 1950 SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO WALLEM & CO OF PANAMA AND RE-NAMED RIO BAMBA. IN 1952 HER OWNERS RE-NAMED HER PRECILA. SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN 1958 AT OSAKA.

 

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