8,983 grt; 13,283 dwt; 8 passengers.
Operator: China Ocean Shipping Co, Guangzhou/Canton, China.
Built 1961 by Scheepswerf "De Hoop" NV, Lobith, Netherlands. Yard no 235.
Main engine: six-cylinder. two-stroke Stork HOTLo 75/160-6 of 7,500 bhp at 115 rpm. Speed 16 knots.
Built for A/S Inger (Jacob Kjöde A/S), Bergen, Norway as ELIN HOPE.
1970-sold to Yick Fung Shipping & Enterprises Co Ltd, Hong Kong, renamed FUCHUNKIANG (Somali flag);
1976-to COSCO, renamed XIN MING.
1992-to Chinese breakers.
Photo: Tilbury Cargo Jetty, Port of London circa 1978.