Drawing made by G.J. Frans Naerebout and published in Op de Lange Deining
IMO 5427966 and callsign PGZS/ Launched on 21 March 1950 at the shipyard Scheepswerf ‘Delfzijl’Firma Gebr. Sander, Delfzijl, Netherlands with yard number 185 for account of Rijnder Brinkman, Groningen, Netherlands. On 2 June delivered to Beheer C. Holscher;s Scheepvaartbedrijf. In 1957 handed over to the N.V. rederij Brinkman and since 1958 managed by Gruno and four years later by Scheepvaartkantoor Groningen. Became in October 1963 the British-flagged Lerwick of Enid Shipping Co.Ltd., Leith, Scotland. Since August 1968 the Corbiere of Jersey Shipping Co. Ltd., Jersey, July 1971 the May Mitchell of H.R. Mitchell&Sons Lt., London, England and in December 1979 again of Jersey Shipping Co.Ltd. Seemed also to be named Mitch during some time. Seized 29 May 1980 and sold public for smuggling cigarettes. As the Manuya I was she now property of Mulberry Trading Co., Panama. The sale seems however no to be executed and she was laid up at Marin, Spain. On 12 February 1985 started the breaking up at Manuel Marques Darrocha, Marin, Spain.
Considered in her time as a modern example of the raised-quarter deck coaster. The specifications mentioned in sources are different. The book dealing with the history of the shipyard reports as dimensions 41,00 x 7,50 x 2,90 x 3,80 metres and, a tonnage of 331 tons and a deadweight of 435 tons. The Dutch newspaper Nieuwsblad van het Noorden dated 22 March 1950 mentioned 46 x 7,50 x 2,90 (hold below main deck), 300 hp horsepower and being of the raised quarter deck design. She was launched in the afternoon the day before. On the internet are websites claiming a gross register tonnage of 372 tons and a deadweight of 442 tons and as dimensions 45,98 x 7,52 x 2,45 (hold) metres. The horsepower of 300 hp allowed a speed of 9 knots.
