| Name: | DIAMANTIS PATERAS |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 08/03/1955 |
| Completed: | 05/1955 |
| Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 582 |
| Dimensions: | 6110grt, 3320nrt, 460.6 x 59.3 x 27.7ft (*) |
| Engines: | T3cyl (25, 42 & 70 x 45ins) + LP turbine |
| Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 05/1955 | Diamante Soc de Transportes SA, Piraeus |
| 1957 | Renamed KYVERNITIS |
| 1959 | People’s Republic of China; renamed HOPING WU SHI SSU |
| 1966 | Renamed XING HUO |
| 1975 | China Ocean Shipping Co, Shanghai; renamed HONG QI 130 |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | 1992: Deleted from Lloyd’s Register of Shipping as ‘existence in doubt’ |
| (*) Dimensions are: Length OA, Breadth extreme, Draught summer |
Above photo as DIAMANTIS PATERAS is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as DIAMANTIS PATERAS is courtesy of Greek Shipping Miracle
Above photo as XING HUO is copyright of W Kramer