| Name: | EMPIRE ANTIGUA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 20/11/1945 |
| Completed: | 02/1946 |
| Builder: | Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 12 |
| Dimensions: | 7331grt, 5172nrt, 431.2 x 56.3 x 35.6ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 37 & 70 x 48ins), 635mn |
| Engines by: | J Dickinson & Sons Ltd, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 169207 |
| History: | |
| 08/02/1946 | Ministry of Transport (Dodd, Thomson & Co), Newcastle |
| 1946 | The South Georgia Co Ltd (Chr Salvesen & Co), Leith; renamed CULROSS |
| 1960 | Cia Naviera y de Comercio Apolo Ltda (Aegis Shipping), Piraeus |
| 1960 | Renamed AKASTOS |
| 1967 | Blue X Transocean Co Ltd (Ioannis Chiotakis), Famagusta; renamed MARINA |
| 04/08/1968 | Broken up |
| Comments: | A standard ‘C’ type cargo ship, with larger hatches & heavier derricks than the 'B' type |
| 04/08/1968: Arrived at Hamburg for breaking up by Eisen u.Metall KG |
Above photo as CULROSS is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as CULROSS is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as AKASTOS is courtesy of Dave Meare