Name: | FLORISTAN |
Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 19/01/1965 |
Completed: | 03/06/1965 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 615 |
Dimensions: | 9296grt, 5118nrt, 503.4 x 67.9 x 29.1ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, Doxford type, 6cyl (670 x 2100mm), 10000bhp |
Engines by: | Wm Doxford & Sons (Engineers) Ltd, Pallion, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 17.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 306330 |
History: | |
06/1965 | Strick Line Ltd (FC Strick & Co Ltd), London |
01/05/1972 | Managers became P&O General Cargo Division |
19/04/1973 | Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co, London |
25/02/1975 | Renamed STRATHALVIE |
30/11/1978 | Vanguard Bay Shipping Co Ltd, Piraeus; renamed ALEXANDRA |
20/09/1983 | Broken up |
Comments: | 04/11/1982: Damaged by a fire in the engine room when at Luanda |
20/09/1983: Arrived under tow at Kaohsiung for breaking up | |
09/1983: Broken up by Tien Cheng Steel Manufacturing Co |
Above photo as FLORISTAN is copyright of John Bage
Above photo as FLORISTAN is copyright of Dennis Maccoy
Above photo as FLORISTAN is copyright of Harold Appleyard
Above photo as FLORISTAN is copyright of Harold Appleyard
Above photo as FLORISTAN is copyright of Chris Howell
Above photo as FLORISTAN is copyright of JA Pottinger
Above photo as STRATHALVIE dated 29/05/1976 is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield
Above photo as STRATHALVIE is copyright of Keith Woods
Above photo as ALEXANDRA dated 04/1981 is copyright of Marc Piché