
WAR PLANET / CYPRIAN PRINCE / MOORISH PRINCE / NAMAQUALAND / GLOUCESTER CITY / KADERBAKSH
BUILT IN 1919 BY BLUMER & CO OF SUNDERLAND FOR THE SHIPPING CONTROLLER. SHE WAS TO BE CALLED THE WAR PLANET, BUT WAS LAUNCHED AS THE CYPRIAN PRINCE. SHE WAS 3,071 TONS AND THE SISTER SHIP TO THE ALGERIAN PRINCE.SHE WAS RE-NAMED MOORISH PRINCE IN 1936, DUE TO A NEW VESSEL HAVING BEEN BUILT, WHICH THEY WANTED TO NAME CYPRIAN PRINCE. SHE WAS SOLD TO BRISTOL CITY LINE IN 1936, AND RE-NAMED GLOUCESTER CITY.IN 1949 SHE WAS SOLD TO SOUTH AFRICAN LINES AND RE-NAMED NAMAQUALAND. IN 1951 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE UNITED ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO ( PAKISTAN ) AND RE-NAMED KADERBAKSH. SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN 1961 AT GADANI BEACH ( PAKISTAN )