Built in 1957 by Hawthorn Leslie (Shipbuilders) Ltd., Hebburn as CRYSTAL DIAMOND for Sugar Line Ltd., London. 1973: Sold to Vanda Cia. Ltda., Liberia and renamed VANDA. 22.8.1978: Arrived at Blyth to be broken up.

VANDA alongside Smiths Dock Tees August 1975

50 YEARS AGO TODAY

IMO: 5082687

Sunderland - 31 July 1974: Ron M