General cargo ship “Fortune Navigator”
Owner: Ban Thong Manufacturing Co. Pte., Singapore
Manager: Fortune Navigation Enterprises Pte. Ltd. Singapore
Flag: Singapore
Builder: Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd., Whiteinch, Glasgow
Gross tons: 7,132
Deadweight: 9,650
Length overall: 147.67
Max. draft: 8.29 m
Engine: 6-cylinder Doxford diesel, 6,800 b.h.p., by builder
Service speed: 14.5 knots
Completed October 1951 as “Chakdara” for British India S.N. Co. Ltd., London
Bought August 1972 by Ben Thong
Sold May 1974 for demolition at Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Photo from slide given to me by Mike Lee, a one-time fellow World Ship Society member who I believe has since passed away