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We are still looking for photographs of ships that do not have a camera button as a link. If you can help please contact us through webmaster@manchesterliners.co.uk

Link Name No GRT Previously Company Built Acquired Service Comm Service End Reason Notes Renamed Where are they now?
Photographs Manchester Trader 4 5758 Western Prince Prince Line, UK 1955 1963 1963 1969 Returned Prince Line, UK Western Prince Sold to Cypriot flag 1973 and renamed Mariner. Sprang a leak and abandoned at sea.
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Manchester Commerce 4 8724     1963   1963 1971 Sold Somali Ber Sea Renamed Yan Chun, China. Sunk by gunfire in the Shatt al Arab Waterway in 2002
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Manchester City 3 8734     1964   1964 1971 Sold South Korea Korean Winner  
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Manchester Renown 1 8742     1964   1964 1971 Sold South Korea Korean Challenger  
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Manchester Engineer 3 7503 Cairngowan Cairn Thompson Line, UK 1952 1965 1965 1966 Returned Chartered from Cairn Thompson Line Cairngowan  
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Manchester Exporter 2 7506 Cairndhu Cairn Thompson Line, UK 1952 1965 1965 1969 Sold Greece Gemini Exporter  
 
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Manchester Freighter   8105 Cairnforth Cairn Thompson Line, UK 1959 1965 1965 1969 Sold Royal Mail Lines, UK Lombardy  
  Escalante   7791 Escalante

Royal Mail Lines, UK

1955 1966 1966    Returned Royal Mail Lines, UK. Sold January 1970 to Maresencia Nav SA Cia, Piraeus  Manes P 1970 Ran aground Negrotown Point, St John West, New Brunswick & sold for breaking up.
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Manchester Port 4 8938     1966   1966 1971 Sold Yugoslavia Biokovo  
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Manchester Progress 2 8176     1967   1967 1971 Converted Converted to CS Manchester Liners Manchester Concept  
  Manchester Trader 5 1999 Werratal J A Reinecke, Hamburg Germany 1952 1968 1968 1973 Returned Chartered 1968/73 from J A Renecke, Hamburg. Panama Union Kings  
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Manchester Challenge 1 12039     1968   1968 1979 Sold Panama Ocean Container  
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Manchester Courage   12039     1968   1968 1979 Sold Panama Pacific Container  
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Manchester Concorde   12039     1969   1969 1982 Sold Panama Char Lian  
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Manchester Quest   9296 Manchester Miller (2) Manchester Liners 1959 1970 1970 1976 Breakers Kaohsiung Taiwan    
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Manchester Merito   3414 Catalina Del Mar Equimar Maritima, Bilbao Spain 1969  1970 1970 1972 Renamed Manchester Liners Manchester Merit  
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Manchester Concept   8176 Manchester Progress (2) Manchester Liners 1967 1971 1971 1980 Sold Hong Kong Cherry Bunga  
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Manchester Crusade   12039     1971   1971 1982 Sold Panama Char Che  
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Manchester Mercurio   1997   Naviera Santa Catalina, Gijon, Spain 1971 1971 1971 1980 Returned Chartered from Naviera Santa Catalina, Gijon Spain Folita  
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Manchester Rapido   1997   Equimar Maritima, Bilbao Spain 1971 1971 1971 1978 Returned Chartered from Equimar Maritima, Bilbao Spain Esther Del Mar  
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Manchester Merit   3414 Manchester Merito Manchester Liners 1969   1972 1975 Renamed Manchester Liners Fortuna  
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Frontier *** 3621   Condron's, Manchester UK 1972 1972 1972 1975 Purchased Chartered 1972/5 from Condron's, Manchester UK    
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Lindo   6411   Wilson Management, Norway 1972 1973 1973     Wilson Management    
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Manchester Vigour   5310     1973   1973 1980 Sold Chartered 1975/6 to Cargo Lines, UK as Cargo Vigour Ville d'Orient  
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Manchester Zeal   5310     1973   1973 1981 Sold

Chartered 1975/6 to Cargo Lines, UK as Cargo Zeal

 

Sea Hawk  
Photographs Manchester Shipper 3 500 Peter Theilgard Petersen, Copenhagen, Denmark 1973 1974 1974 1975 Returned Chartered 1974/75 from Petersen, Copenhagen Peter Theilgard  
 
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Manchester Faith 2 1421 Francop Bartels, Hamburg, Germany 1974 1974 1974 1977 Returned Chartered 1976/7 from Bartels, Hamburg Francop  
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Manchester Renown 2 12577     1974   1974 1974 Chartered out Chartered 1974/78 to Australian Asian Express Line Asian Renown  
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Manchester Reward * 12577     1974   1974 1974 Chartered out Chartered 1974/78 to Australian Asian Express Line Asian Reward  
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Fortuna   3414 Manchester Merit Manchester Liners 1969   1975 1975 Sold Liberia Kathleen  
Photographs Kathleen   3414 Fortuna Manchester Liners 1969   1975 1975 Returned Liberia Kudu - Liberia 1990 Cement Two - Italy 1996, Fortune R - Panama 1998, Libera - Panama
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Frontier *** 3621     1972 1975 1975 1979 Sold Greece Box Trader  
Photographs Manchester Trader 6 500 Jeanette Helleskov Petersen, Copenhagen, Denmark 1972 1975 1975 1975 Returned Chartered 1975 Petersen, Copenhagen Jeanette Helleskov  
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Fulmar ** 2524 Manchester Fulmar (1) Maritima Astur, Gijon Spain 1974 1975 1975 1979 Returned Chartered 1977/9 from Maritima Astur, Gijon Spain Fulmar  
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Manchester Fulmar ** 1 2524 Fulmar Maritima Astur, Gijon Spain 1974 1975 1975 1977 Renamed Chartered 1975/7 from Maritima Astur, Gijon Spain Fulmar  
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Manchester Falcon   999 Lappland C Speck, Rendsberg Germany 1975 1975 1975 1976 Returned Chartered 1975/6 from C Speck, Rendsberg Germany Lappland  
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Manchester Vanguard 2 17385     1977   1977 1977 Chartered out Chartered 1977/9 to Seatrain Lines, USA Seatrain Trenton  
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Manchester Vanguard 2 17385 Seatrain Trenton Seatrain Lines, USA 1976 1979 1979 1979 Chartered out Chartered 1979/80 to Taiwan Keelung  
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Manchester Vanguard 2 17385 Keelung Taiwan 1977 1980 1980 1980 Chartered out Chartered 1980/81 Oriental Vanguard  
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Manchester Vanguard 2 17385 Oriental Vanguard Kalten Shipping, Hong Kong 1977 1981 1981 1982 Transferred Golden Cross Line Ibn Majid Renamed Woodchuck, Panama. Renamed Selatan Maru, Singapore. Renamed Da Li, broken China May 2002
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Manchester Venture 2 17385     1977   1977 1977 Chartered out Chartered 1997/8 to Seatrain Lines, USA Seatrain Bennington  
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Manchester Venture 2 17385 Seatrain Bennington Seatrain Lines, USA 1977 1978 1978 1979 Chartered out Chartered 1979/80 to Golden Star Line Marseille  
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Manchester Venture 2 17385 Marseille Golden Star Line 1977 1980 1980 1980 Transferred Kalten Shipping, Hong Kong Oriental Venture Renamed Da Sheng, broken China May 2002
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Manchester Faith 2 1421 Francop Bartels, Hamburg Germany 1974 1978 1978 1983 Returned Chartered 1978/83 from Bartels, Hamburg Francop  
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Manchester Renown 2 12577 Asian Renown Australian Asian Express Line 1974 1978 1978 1982 Sold Indonesia Ratih  
Photographs Manchester Reward * 12577 Asian Reward Australian Asian Express Line 1974 1978 1978 1979 Chartered out Chartered 1978/9 to Seatrain Lines, USA Seatrain Norfolk/TFL Reward  
  Manchester Trader 7 1596 Kaethe Johanna Hamburg, Germany 1976 1978 1978 1978 Returned Chartered 1978 from Hamburg, Germany Kaethe Johanna  
Photographs Manchester Reward * 12577 TFL Reward Seatrain Lines, USA 1974 1979 1979 1982 Sold Indonesia R R Ratna  
Photographs Manchester Clipper   1595 Clipper H Winter, Hamburg Germany 1980 1980 1980 1991 Returned Chartered 1980/91 from H Winter, Hamburg, Germany Clipper  
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Manchester Challenge 2 30817 Dart America Dart Container Line, Hong Kong 1970 1981 1981 1988 Transferred Orient Overseas Container Line, UK OOCL Challenge  
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Manchester Eagle   965 Atlantic Eagle Senator, Singapore 1972 1981 1981 1982 Returned Chartered 1981/2 from Senator, Singapore Eagle  
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Manchester Fulmar 2 1599 City of Ipswich Ellerman Lines, UK 1979 1981 1981 1983 Returned Chartered 1981/3 from Ellerman Lines, UK City of Ipswich  
Photographs Manchester Crown   1599 Crown Prince Prince Line, UK 1979 1983 1983 1985 Sold Liberia Thai Amber  
  Manchester Trader 8 1999 Lamara Meteor, Singapore 1977 1984 1984 1984 Returned Chartered 1984 from Meteor, Singapore Lamara  
  Manchester Faith 3 1599 Nahost Kurier H Bastion, Panama 1971 1985 1985 1985 Returned Chartered 1985 from H Bastion, Panama. Pinguin  
  Manchester City 4 3598 Cityof Lisbon J Luhrs, Hamburg, Germany 1978 1985 1985 1986 Returned Chartered 1985/6 J Luhrs, Hamburg, Germany Polaris  
  Manchester Trader 9 4146 Kormoran Hamburg, Germany 1980 1985 1985 1989 Returned Chartered 1985/9 Hamburg, Germany Fair Cosmos  
  Manchester Prince   1599 Njord F Beutelrock, Limassol, Cyprus 1981 1985 1985 1989 Returned F Beutelrock, Limassol, Cyprus Njord  
  Manchester Trader 10 3348 Karyatein Karyatein, Hamburg, Germany 1980 1989 1989 1991 Returned Chartered 1989/91 Karyatein, Hamburg, Germany Altona  
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