Rice Trader was a cargo ship. Built by the Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee for Cunard, it subsequently operated for Stateships and other shipping lines.
History Built as the Parthia by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee for Cunard, the ship was delivered in October 1963. In June 1971 it was sold to Stateships and renamed Wambiri after being modified at the Taikoo Dockyard, Hong Kong.Former Cunard freighters for coastal trade Freight & Container Transportation May 1971 page 5Local Govt Elections in 2 Shires Hamersley News 8 June 1978 page 6Ships of the State Shipping Service Maritime Heritage Association Newsletter June 2012 page 5
In July 1979 it was sold to Sport Maritime, Monrovia. It was later resold to Greece and renamed Rice Trader. It was broken up at Gadani Beach, Karachi in August 1984.
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