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S.S. OCEAN VESPER, glass negative
Port Broadside view of S.S. OCEAN VESPER, at Cardiff Dock, 19 December 1947.
(7174 gt) Built 1942 by Permanente Metals Corp., Richmond, California, (or by by Toff-California Shipbuilding Corp., Richmond, California (engine by General Machinery Corp., Hamilton, Ohio) for MoWT managed first by Kaye, Sons & Co., then by Connell & Grace Ltd. 1946 - Transferred to Ministry of Transport and managed by Clan Line Ltd. or by Thompson Steamshipping Co., Cardiff. 1951 – Sold to Clan Line Steamers Ltd (Cayzer, Irvine & Co), Glasgow, and renamed CLAN MacQUEEN. 1953 or 54 - Sold to British & South American Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., London, and renamed HERMINIUS. 1957 – Acquired by Houston Line Ltd., managed by Cayzer, Irvine & Co., London. (same name). 1958 – Sold to Pan-Norse Steamship Co., Panama, and renamed EKBERG, managed by Wallem & Co. 1962 - Sold to Marine Development & Supply S.A. Panama, but retained her name. She was broken up at Onomichi, Japan in 1964 or 65. (http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/Ocean2.html)