Coaster “Serdang” working cargo at anchor, Penang, Malaysia, October 1967
WW2 standard-type coaster designed for Far East service
Owner: Sharikat Perkapalan Kris Sendirian Berhad, Malayasia (an associate of Straits Steamship Co., Singapore)
Manager: Mansfield & Co. Ltd., Singapore
Flag: Malaysia
Builder: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole, UK
Gross tons: 522
Deadweight: 422
Length overall: 45.16 m
Max. draft: 3.05 m
Engine: 4-cylinder diesel, 300 b.h.p., by British Polar Engines Ltd., Glasgow
Completed April 1945 as “Empire Seascape” for the British Government (Ministry of War Transport)
Sold 1946 to Straits Steamship Co., renamed “Serdang”
Transferred 1947 to Kris.
Laid up in Singapore 1970 & scrapped there 2 years later