EASTERN PRINCE / BARDIC / STAFFORDSHIRE

BUILT BY VICKERS ARMSTRONG IN NEWCASTLE IN 1950. SHE WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO THE CINGALESE PRINCE.

 IN 1960 SHE WAS CHARTERED TO SHAW SAVILL AND ALBION FOR FIVE YEARS AND RE-NAMED 'BARDIC' AND PAINTED IN SHAW SAVIL & ALBION LIVERY.

IN 1964 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE BIBBY BROTHERS AND RE-NAMED 'STAFFORDSHIRE'.

THE TOP PICTURE SHOWS HER AS STAFFORDSHIRE.

IN 1971 SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN HONG KONG, HAVING COME FROM COLOMBO WHERE SHE HAD PUT INTO FOR REPAIRS, AND WAS SOLD THERE.