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Link Name No GRT Previously Company Built Acquired Service Comm Service End Reason Notes Renamed Where are they now?
  Manchester Merchant 3 7264     1940   1940 25/02/1943 Enemy action Torpedoed & sunk by U628 Atlantic 36 lost    
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Manchester Trader 3 7363     1941   1941 1963 Breakers Split    
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Belwoods Park   7149 Managed Ministry of War Transport, UK 1943 1943 1943 1946 Returned Returned to Canadian Government  Brookhurst

Renamed Galicia.

1967: Scrapped at Mihara, Japan

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Manchester Shipper 2 7881     1943   1943 1969 Breakers Trieste    
  Riverdale Park   7149 Managed Ministry of War Transport, UK 1943 1943 1943 1946 Returned Returned to Canadian Government  Tridale

Renamed Harrier Renamed Java Steer

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Westmount Park   7149 Managed Ministry of War Transport, UK 1943 1943 1943 1946 Returned Returned to Canadian Government  Nordicstar

27/12/56 Disappeared at sea. Last reported 44N 38W (approx) West of Ushant. 23/01/57: Posted missing.

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Manchester Regiment 2 7638     1947   1947 1968 Sold Panama Azure Coast II Renamed Pu Gor Singapore
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Manchester Merchant 4 7651     1951   1951 1967 Sold Liberia Clio  
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Manchester Explorer   1805     1952   1952 1963 Sold Crosbie Shipping Co, St John's NF C A Crosbie Renamed Panagiotis S, Greek. Renamed Ypermachos, Cypriot
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Manchester Pioneer   1805     1952   1952 1963 Sold Lengthened 40ft by Mcr Dry Docks in 1960. Greece Cyprian Med Renamed Agios Antonios, Greek. Renamed Elenitsa, Greek. Broken up in Perama, Greece
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Manchester Spinner 3 7814     1952   1952 1968 Sold Greece Estia

Sank 1845 hrs on 25th November 1971, 6º 10' N 53º 54'W on passage from Moorhead City to Brazil. Violent engine room explosion, no loss of life

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Manchester Prospector   1400 Vigor S Ugelstad, Oslo Sweden 1948 1953 1953 1960 Sold Greece Georgios Renamed Agios Nectarios L, Greek
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Manchester Mariner 2 7580     1955   1955 1968 Sold Greece Ira Renamed Panday Ira, Philipine. Renamed Ira, Greek. Laid up Pireaus Greece July 1971
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Manchester Vanguard 1 1662     1956   1956 1963 Sold General Steam Navigation Co Sheldrake  1964 Sold & renamed Bat Golan, Israel. 1964 Sold & renamed Woodchuck, Panama, 1965 Sold & renamed Selatan Maru, Singapore.
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Manchester Venture 1 1662     1956   1956 1961 Sold General Steam Navigation Co Philomel Renamed Bat Tiran, Israeli. Cargo explosion and fire off Kataloko on 06/08/1972 - 1 lost. Total loss beached Gulf of Lakonikos 10/08/1972
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Manchester Faith 1 4459     1959   1959 1970 Sold Chartered 1965/6 to Cairn Thompson Line as Cairnesk Ilkon Tak  
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Manchester Fame   4462     1959   1959 1970 Sold Chartered 1965/6 to Cairn Thompson Line as Cairnglen Ilkon Niki  
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Manchester Miller 2 9296     1959   1959 1970 Fire damaged Caught fire & sunk by New York Fire Dept. Converted CS Manchester Quest  
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