| Name: | MEDIA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 20/06/1963 |
| Completed: | 10/1963 |
| Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 612 |
| Dimensions: | 5586grt, 2658nrt, 436.9 X 60.3 X 24.7ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, Sulzer type, 2SA, 7cyl (680 x 1250mm), 7594bhp |
| Engines by: | Hawthorn, Leslie (Engineers) Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 16.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 303887 |
| History: | |
| 10/1963 | Cunard Steam Ship Co Ltd, Liverpool |
| 1971 | Western Australian Coastal Shipping Commission, Fremantle |
| 1971 | Renamed BEROONA |
| 1978 | Seaforth Investment Trust Inc, Piraeus; renamed PALM TRADER |
| 07/1987 | Sank |
| Comments: | 13/10/1983: On fire at Bandar Abbas, became a constructive total loss |
| Subsequently abandoned | |
| 07/1987: Capsized and sank at Larak Island |
Above photo as MEDIA is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as MEDIA is copyright of Malcom Cranfield
Above photo as MEDIA is copyright of Chris Howell
Above photo as BEROONA is copyright of the Don Ross Collection
Above photo as BEROONA is copyright of John Kent
Above photo as PALM TRADER is copyright of Trevor Jones
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