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EMPIRE McKENDRICK / SALTERSGATE /  GRANDPOND / CONDOR / VASSIL LEVSKY

A VESSEL OF 7,933 TONS, BUILT IN 1944 AS THE EMPIRE McKENDRICK, AND MANAGED BY THOMPSON & CO OF EDINBURGH ( BENLINE ) SHE SAILED FOR THE GOULANDRIS BROTHERS IN 1946 UNDER THE NAME OF GRANDPOND.SHE WAS LAID UP FOR A WHILE BEFORE BEING SOLD TO A PANAMANIAN COMPANY, UNDERGOING A MAJOR RECONSTRUCTION AND BEING RE-NAMED CONDOR. IN 1953 SHE WAS SOLD TO ANOTHER PANAMANIAN COMPANY ( APPEARS NO NAME CHANGE ) SHE SAILED UNDER TURNBULL SCOTT MANAGEMENT IN 1955, THEN BEING SOLD TO A BULGARIAN COMPANY IN 1957, AND RE-NAMED VASSIL LEVSKY. SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN 1955 AT SPLIT,YUGOSLAVIA.