I remember the argument all those years ago as I regarded bulkers .. bulk carriers are a type of ship which transports cargoes in bulk quantities. Defined as such by multitude of references. The cargo transported in such ships is loose cargo i.e. without any specific packaging to it and generally contains items like food grains, ores and coals and even cement.
I remember "throwing my bricks out of my pram" at the same time and removing 800+ of my 1950's + photos from the site as it insisted QE2 was a cruise ship and I insisted it was a liner. One "argument" was enough at the time and subsequently cruise ships and liners were combined under one category.

Again, these were all colliers, especially the CEGB one's as they only ever carried coal to power stations. I worked for Stephenson Clarke who managed these vessels, and issued their sailing orders daily for nearly 15 years. Not general cargo ships for sure.

Also Hayling, Pompey Light, Seaford, and St Abbs Head.
All colliers but defined as general cargo ships before I joined the site in 2006.

Colliers Corsound and Sir John Snell appear on the site and are similar to this vessel. They are described as general cargo ships.

The discussion was via a photo comment.

Interesting Bob.
I don't redall seeing anything before in the Site Related forum about this, and I cannot see it mentioned in the General Cargo FAQ.
So I have asked Admin colleagues about this. If you know more, please email at [email protected]

These old 'gas and electricity' colliers were never classed as bulk carriers and were built to different rules to true bulkers. The colliers were single-deck general cargo ships. Discussion on this subject took place around 10 years ago, when Derek Sands and Ken Smith were in charge and it was agreed then that they should be classed as general cargo ships. Now it seems they are being (wrongly) recategorised by admins