Casgliadau Arlein

Port Broadside view of S.S. IVOR ISOBEL Cardiff Docks, c.1948.

S.S. IVOR ISOBEL (7138gt). Built 1943 as FORT TICONDEROGA at United Shipyards Ltd., Montreal, for MoWT (managed by Chellew Navigation Co., Cardiff – and by Cunard White Star Ltd., from 1946). 1948 – Returned to the Canadian government – sold to Ivor Shipping Co, Montreal and renamed IVOR ISOBEL (managed by Quebec Steamship Lines Ltd). 1956 – Sold to Novor Shipping Co., London and renamed NOVOR ISOBEL (managed by Chandris Ltd). 1958 – Sold to Ocean Tramping Co., London and renamed HEREFORD. 1959 – Sold to the People’s Republic of China and renamed HO PING 51. 1967 – Renamed ZHAN DOU 51 (same owner). 1985 – Reported broken up in China.