Built as a bulk carrier under yard No 405 by Burntisland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Burntisland, U.K. for the Booker Line, Liverpool.
19 August 1963 launched under the name BOOKER VANGUARD.
Tonnage 5.417 gross, 2.522 net, 6.833 dwt., dim. 122.84 x 17.45 x 7.30m. (draught) , length bpp. 113.1m.
One 6-cyl Sulzer oil engine, manufactured by Scott’s Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd., Greenock, 5.000 bhp., one propeller, speed 15 knots.
December 1963 delivered to owners.
She was built for the transport of bulk sugar from Guyana to the UK, and when Guyana was not producing enough sugar she was used to carry grain from the St Lawrence Seaways.
1980 Sold to Ermionis Cia Navierra S.A. Panama (Christos Kanellakis, Piraues, Greece), renamed in KATY. Sailed under the Greek flag.
1981 Sold to Chester Shipping Corp. (Manta Line Inc. Piraeus), Greece and renamed FRANKY.
From 24 November 1983 till 02 November 1984 laid up, most probably in Mombassa.
It looks that she was arrested in Kenya, a Marshal in Mombassa sold her on a public auction to Graneco Maritime A/B in Sweden, who direct there after sold her to breakers in Pakistan.
Towed by a tug from Mombassa to Karachi, she arrived 26 November 1984 at Gadani Beach.
Broken up by J.K. Brothers (PAK) Ltd., work commenced on 28 November 1984.
Antigua 1984 45c sg 830. Barbuda 1984 45c sg 721.
Source: Register of Merchant Ships Completed in 1963. Ships in Focus Record No. 34.