FLINTSHIRE Glenlyon class motorship.
O.N. 304392. 11,537g. 6,774n. 543' 9" x 74' 8" x 31' 1"
9-cyl. 2 S.C.S. A. (900 x 1550mm) 9RND90 type oil engine made by Sulzer Bros Ltd., Winterthur. 18,400 BHP. 21 kts.
18.6.1962: Launched by N.V. C. Van der Giessen en Zonen's Scheepswerven, Krimpen (Yard No. 809), for Glen Line Ltd., London.
12.1962: Completed, at a cost of £2,156,750.
20.12.1974: Transferred to Nederlandse Stoomvaart Maatschappij “Oceaan” N.V., Amsterdam, at London.
1977: Chartered via Elder Dempster B. V., Amsterdam to Nigerian National Line Ltd.
1978: Chartered to P. N. Djakarta Lloyd.
15.6.1978: Sold to Bastion Maritime Inc., (Univan Ship Management, managers), Singapore, and renamed ORIENT EXPRESS, at Singapore.
11.5.1979: Arrived at Kaohsiung for demolition by Sie Yung Steel Mill Company.
23.5.1979: Work commenced.
GLENLYON Glenlyon class motorship.
O.N. 304336. 11,918g. 7,002n. 543' 9"x 74' 8" x 30' 1".
9-cyl. 2 S.C.S. A. (900 x 1550mm) 9RND90 type oil engine made by Sulzer Bros., Winterthur. 18,000 BHP. 21 kts.
17.3.1962: Launched by Lady MacTier at the Nederlandse Dock en Scheepsbouw, Amsterdam (Yard No. 510), for Glen Line Ltd.
10.1962: Completed.
31.1.1975: Transferred to Elder Dempster Lines Ltd., Liverpool.
5.1975: Transferred to Glen Line Ltd.
6.1975: Transferred to the China Mutual Steam Navigation Company Ltd. 10.1976: Transferred to the Ben Line Steamers Ltd., (Wm. Thomson & Company, managers), for one round voyage within the BenOcean pool.
1.1977: Reverted to the China Mutual Steam Navigation Company Ltd.
1978: Sold to Tabord Bay Shipping Company Ltd., (Univan Ship Management, managers), Singapore, and renamed EMERALD EXPRESS.
5.3.1979: Sold to Sie Yung Steel Mill Company Ltd., for demolition.
14.4.1979: Delivered at Kaohsiung.
GLENFALLOCH Glenlyon class motorship.
O.N. 304437. 11,537g. 6,774n. 543'9"x 74'8" x 31'1".
9-cyl. 2 S.C.S. A. (900 x 1550mm) 9RND90 type oil engine made by Sulzer Bros., Winterthur. 18,000 BHP. 21 kts.
3.7.1962: Launched by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd., Govan (Yard No. 813), for Glen Line Ltd.
26.1.1963: Completed.
24.8.1975: Transferred to Elder Dempster Lines Ltd.
9.1976: Reverted to Glen Line Ltd.
10.1976: Transferred to the Ben Line Steamers Ltd., (Wm. Thomson and Company, managers), for one round voyage within the BenOcean pool.
1.1977: Reverted to Glen Line Ltd.
18.11.1978: Sold through the Nan Yang Shipping Company, Hong Kong, to the China Ocean Shipping Company, China, for $2.6 million, and renamed QING HE CHENG.
1979: Transferred to Shanghai Ocean Shipping Company, (COSCO - SHANGHAI).
17.5.2002: Lloyd’s Register deleted entry as “continued existence in doubt”