The Vanja with a gross tonnage of 15968 was built at Haverton Hill shipyard by Hawthorn Leslie & Co. and owned by Halfdan Ditlev – Simonsen & Co. The keel was laid on 28th November 1949 and the ship was launched on 5th April 1951. The ship can be seen leaving the harbour and at sea. 
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The Vanja was built at Haverton Hill Shipyard by the Furness Shipbuilding Company and Hawthorn Leslie were the builders of the engines – these were of the Doxford diesels type.