| Name: | PATHFINDER |
| Type: | Bulk Carrier |
| Launched: | 06/12/1949 |
| Completed: | 05/1950 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 701 |
| Dimensions: | 7730dwt, 5460grt, 3110nrt, 447.0 x 60.4 x 20.5ft; |
| (1960: 12417dwt, 9379grt, 6305nrt, 487.7 x 64.0 x 38.0ft) | |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 2SA, Doxford type, 5cyl (560 x 1680mm) |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 05/1950 | Pan Ore Steamship Co Inc, Panama |
| 1960 | Lib-Ore Steamship Co Inc, Monrovia |
| 02/03/1976 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1960: Lengthened, widened & deepened. May have been a completely new fore body |
| 1960: Also converted into an ore-bulk-oil carrier | |
| 02/03/1976: Arrived at Brownsville, Texas, for breaking up | |
| 03/1976: Broken up by Consolidated Steel Co |
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Above photo is courtesy of Tony Frost
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