| Name: | BEAL |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 08/01/1936 |
| Completed: | 02/1936 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 603 |
| Dimensions: | 504grt, 249nrt, 165.3 x 27.2 x 10.4ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 4SCSA, 7cyl (11 x 17.75ins), 82nhp |
| Engines by: | Humboldt-Deutzmotoren AG, Koln-Deutz |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 161591 |
| History: | |
| 02/1936 | Tyne-Tees Steam Shipping Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| 1946 | Renamed SYLVIAN COAST |
| 1959 | Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow; renamed LAIRDSBURN |
| 1966 | Michael Koutlakis, Piraeus; renamed AGIA SOFIA |
| 1973 | Elpis Co Ltd, Piraeus |
| 1975 | M Athanasiou, Piraeus; renamed FRIENDSHIP III |
| 1976 | East Mediterranean Lines Shipping Enterprises Co Ltd, Piraeus |
| 1976 | Renamed ARIADNE |
| 05/03/1979 | Sank |
| Comments: | 05/03/1979: Sank after striking the breakwater at Augusta |
| On a voyage from Cephalonia to Barcelona in ballast |
Above photo as SYLVIAN COAST is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as SYLVIAN COAST is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as LAIRDSBURN is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as LAIRDSBURN is copyright of Colin Campbell