General cargo ship “Maldive Ambassador” at at Doha, Qatar, c.20th April 1972
Owner: Maldives Investments (London) Ltd.
Manager: Maldives Shipping Ltd., Male
Flag: Maldives
Builder: J. Readhead & Sons Ltd., South Shields
Gross tons: 8,203
Deadweight: 10,520
Length overall: 142.65 m
Max. draft: 8.13 m
Engine: triple-expansion steam, 3,750 b.h.p., by builder
Service speed: 12 knots
Completed May 1952 as “Forester” for Charente Steamship Co. Ltd., Liverpool (manager T. & J. Harrison & Co.)
Bought 1971 by Maldives
Sold October 1973 for scrapping at Tadotsu, Japan