| Name: | FAIENCE |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 30/10/1947 |
| Completed: | 28/01/1948 |
| Builder: | Clelands (Successors) Ltd |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 109 |
| Dimensions: | 552grt, 296nrt, 703dwt, 188.0 x 27.2 x 11.2ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 2SA, 7cyl (265 x 345mm), 525bhp |
| Engines by: | Crossley Brothers, Manchester |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 182210 |
| History: | |
| 01/1948 | London & Rochester Trading Co Ltd, Rochester |
| 03/1967 | Redding & Bates, Houston |
| 1967 | Ali Reza Karoon, Khorramshahr; renamed SHIREEN |
| 1980 | Sank |
| Comments: | 03/1967: For Persian Gulf service |
| 1980: Sank in the Karoon River, Khorramshahr during the Iran/Iraq war |
Photos as FAIENCE courtesy of Richard Cox