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S.S. SAMDERWENT, glass negative
Port Broadside view of S.S. SAMDERWENT, at Cardiff Dock, c. 1947/1948.
(7234gt ) : Built 1944 by New England Shipbuilding Corp, East Yard, South Portland, Maine, with engines by Springfield Machine & Foundry Co., Springfield, Mass., for MoWT (managed by Cayzer, Irvine & Co., London). 1947 – Transferred to UK Ministry of Transport (managed by Frank C. Strick & Co., London). 1947 – Sold to Clan Line Steamers Ltd., and renamed CLAN MACFADYEN (managed by Cayzer, Irvine & Co). 1958 – Sold to Compagnia Nav. Betacruz, Panama (under the Liberian flag) and renamed BETAVISTA (managed by Adelphi Vergottis, London. She was re-registered in Greece (same owners) in 1962. 1968 – Sold to Thakur Shipping Co., Bombay and renamed VARUNA DEVI. She was broken up at Taiwan in 1971.