| Name: | AFGHANISTAN |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 11/12/1939 |
| Completed: | 04/03/1940 |
| Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 516 |
| Dimensions: | 6992grt, 4245nrt, 454.0 x 58.5 x 29.5ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (26.5, 44 & 74 x 48ins) & LP turbine, DR geared, 706nhp |
| Engines by: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 167404 |
| History: | |
| 28/02/1940 | Strick Line (1923) Ltd (FC Strick & Co Ltd, managers), London |
| 1962 | Marprisa Cia Naviera SA, Chios, Greece; renamed SAMAREITIS |
| 1965 | Cia Minotaurus SA, Monrovia; renamed CYRENIAN |
| 14/03/1967 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 14/03/1967: Broken up by Nan Feng Steel Enterprise Co Ltd at Kaohsiung |
Above photo as AFGHANISTAN is copyright of G Bunschoten
Above photo as AFGHANISTAN is copyright of A Duncan
Above photo as AFGHANISTAN is courtesy of the Allen Collection
Above photo as SAMAREITIS is courtesy of the Walton Collection