| Name: | ASSYRIA |
| Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 19/01/1950 |
| Completed: | 08/1950 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1801 |
| Dimensions: | 8683grt, 5013nrt, 11320dwt, 488.7 x 64.1 x 31.1ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, 8000shp |
| Engines by: | Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Hartlepool |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 15.5knots |
| Reg Number: | 183787 |
| History: | |
| 18/08/1950 | Cunard Steam Ship Co Ltd, Liverpool |
| 1963 | Stala Cia Nav SA, Monrovia; renamed LAERTIS |
| 1970 | Ambelos Development Corporation, Chios; renamed HOLY TRINITY |
| 1972 | Renamed DROMON |
| 16/03/1974 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 16/03/1974: Broken up at Shanghai by China National Metals & Minerals |
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