| Name: | EXPLORER |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 02/04/1935 |
| Completed: | 05/1935 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1497 |
| Dimensions: | 6235grt, 3842nrt, 437.2 x 56.0 x 29.5ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (28, 46 & 81 x 54ins), 588nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 13.0knots |
| Reg Number: | 164257 |
| History: | |
| 13/05/1935 | Charente Steam Ship Co Ltd (T & J Harrison), Liverpool |
| 1957 | Panamanian Oriental Steam Ship Corp (Wheelock, Marden & Co Ltd), Panama |
| 1957 | Renamed ELEANOR |
| 21/09/1959 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 21/09/1959: Arrived at Hong Kong for breaking up |
| 10/1959: Breaking up commenced by Hong Kong Rolling Mills |
Above photo as EXPLORER is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as EXPLORER is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo as EXPLORER is courtesy of Richard Cox