| Name: | ASHANTIAN |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 23/03/1947 |
| Completed: | 07/1947 |
| Builder: | Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 14 |
| Dimensions: | 7369grt, 4207nrt, 431.2 x 56.3 x 24.2ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 39 & 70 x 48ins), 627mn |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co (1938) Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 181090 |
| History: | |
| 07/1947 | United Africa Company Ltd, Liverpool |
| 1949 | Palm Line Ltd, Liverpool; renamed ASHANTI PALM |
| 18/11/1962 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | A standard ‘D’ type cargo ship |
| Intended name EMPIRE STROMA | |
| 18/11/1962: Dragged her anchors and struck the breakwater at Naples | |
| On a voyage from Genoa to Port Harcourt with general cargo | |
| The wreck subsequently sank |
Above photo as ASHANTI PALM courtesy of Clive Ketley
Above photo as ASHANTI PALM courtesy of Photoship
Above photo showing the wrecked ASHANTI PALM courtesy of Photoship
Above photo showing the wrecked ASHANTI PALM courtesy of Photoship