Name: | ADRASTUS |
Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/07/1953 |
Completed: | 12/1953 |
Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
Yard: | High Walker |
Yard Number: | 134 |
Dimensions: | 7859grt, 4573nrt, 9300dwt, 462.9 x 62.3 x 31.7ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, B&W type, 7cyl (750 x 1500mm), 7600bhp |
Engines by: | Harland & Wolff Ltd, Glasgow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 16.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 185477 |
History: | |
12/12/1953 | Ocean Steamship Co Ltd (A Holt & Co), Liverpool |
13/08/1960 | Nederlandsche Stoomvaart Maats ‘Oceaan’ NV, Amsterdam |
22/01/1975 | Elder Dempster Lines Ltd (A Holt & Co), Liverpool |
06/1975 | China Mutual Steam Navigation Co Ltd (A Holt & Co), Liverpool |
02/1978 | Rhodeswell Shipping Co SA, Cyprus; renamed ANASSA |
06/05/1981 | Broken up |
Comments: | Laid down as DEMETER but launched as ADRASTUS |
06/05/1981: Arrived at Gadani Beach for breaking up | |
12/05/1981: Breaking up commenced by Gulf Trading Agency |
Above photo is copyright of John Wiltshire
Above photo is copyright of Keith Wood
Above photo, showing her under charter to Elder Dempster, is copyright of Keith Wood