Lamport & Holt   Lamport & Holts'  M.V. "Spenser" 5  
  Booth Steamship Co. Ltd. 1947 - 1992   Booth Line's  M.V. "Cuthbert" 3  
       
  Built: T.van Duijendijk's Scheepswerf N.V., Lekkerkerk  
Dimensions: 312.8 x 44.36 x 17.54 feet
  Tonnage: Gross: 1535 Net: 808  
  Propulsion: 8 Cyl., 2s.sa of 2,400 bhp by Sulzer Bros., Winterthur  
  Type: Cargo Liner  
  Completed: 1961 as Spenser for Booth S.S. Co. on bareboat charter to Lamport & Holt Line  
  Lengthened: 1964 to 357 oa. by Smith's Dock Co., North Shields  
  Reverted: 1967 to Booth ownership and renamed Cuthbert 3, but remained on L&H service  
  Sold: 1973 to Panama Shipping Co., remained on charter to Booth Line  
  Sold: 1977 to Associated Levant Lines S.A.L., Beirut and renamed Barouk  
  Became: 1982 An Hing of Naviera An Hing, Vanuatu. Then sold to Guangzhou Ocean Shipping Co. (COSCO), Canton  
  Sold: 1987 to the Hai Win Co., Panama and renamed Hai Win  
  Classification: suspended 1/12/1988 due to repairs needed  
  Reported: 5/1996 lying abandoned near Saigon in a derelict state  
     
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  M.V. Spenser  
   
   
  Cuthbert 3 on the Amazon late 1960's ~ Painting by Wallace Trickett  
   
   
  The ex. Spenser as Associated Levant Lines  Barouk  
   
   
  The ex. Spenser as Hai Win lying abandoned near Saigon C1999  
     
   
  The ex. Spenser as Hai Win lying abandoned near Saigon C1999  
     
   
  The ex. Spenser as Hai Win lying abandoned near Saigon C1999  
     
  Colour photographs courtesy of  Markus Berger ~ http://www.swiss-ships.ch/  
     
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