| Name: | BASIL |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 24/01/1928 |
| Completed: | 01/03/1928 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 553 |
| Dimensions: | 4873grt, 3030nrt, 407.9 x 53.8 x 24.4ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (25.5, 43.5 & 73 x 51ins), 600nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 149671 |
| History: | |
| 23/03/1928 | Booth Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool |
| 1950 | Parthenon Shipping Co SA, Panama; renamed PARTHENON |
| 20/05/1951 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 20/05/1951: Wrecked off Bavawapadin near Vizagapatam |
| On a voyage from Calcutta to Cochin & Bombay carrying general cargo |
Above photo as BASIL is courtesy of Richard Cox