1,599 grt; 4,150 dwt; 288 TEU.
Owner/operator: Prince Line Ltd. Managers: Shaw Savill & Albion Co Ltd. (both Furness Withy Group companies), London.
Built: 1979 by Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd, Walker, Newcastle. Yard no. 104.
Main engine: three-cylinder, opposed-piston, two-stroke Doxford 58JS3 of 5,500 bhp. This was the last of the long line of opposed-piston Doxford engine designs. Advances in turbocharging rendered the Doxford, with its mechanical complexity (and subsequent power losses and extra maintenance) uncompetitive with conventional engine designs. Ship’s speed: 15 knots.
1983-MANCHESTER CROWN. 1985-THAI AMBER. 1988-OOCL ADVANCE.
1999-to breakers at Mumbai, India 5/11.