| Name: | ALCINOUS |
| Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 27/11/1951 |
| Completed: | 04/1952 |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
| Yard: | High Walker (Naval Yard) |
| Yard Number: | 126 |
| Dimensions: | 7999grt, 4538nrt, 462.9 x 62.3 x 31.7ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, B & W type, 7cyl (750 x 1500mm), 6970bhp |
| Engines by: | JG Kincaid & Co Ltd, Greenock |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 16.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 185428 |
| History: | |
| 12/03/1952 | Ocean Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool |
| 05/09/1960 | Nederlandsche Stoomvaart Mij "Oceaan" NV, Amsterdam |
| 09/01/1961 | Renamed POLYDORUS |
| 09/11/1973 | China Mutual Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Liverpool |
| 12/1975 | Elder Dempster Lines Ltd, Liverpool |
| 04/1976 | SH Alatas & Co, Jeddah; renamed JOHARA |
| 09/1976 | Elder Dempster Lines Ltd, Liverpool; renamed POLYDORUS |
| 06/1977 | Hesperus Navigation Corp, Panama City; renamed MATINA |
| 21/04/1978 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1951: Laid down as CADMUS but launched as ALCINOUS |
| 21/04/1978: Arrived at Gadani Beach, Pakistan, for breaking up | |
| 05/07/1978: Breaking up commenced |
Above photo as ALCINOUS is copyright of Airphotos
Above photo as POLYDORUS is courtesy of Chris Howell
Above photo as POLYDORUS is copyright of Harold Appleyard
Above photo as POLYDORUS is courtesy of George Robinson