| Name: | LEDA |
| Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 03/09/1952 |
| Completed: | 04/1953 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1823 |
| Dimensions: | 6670grt, 3635nrt, 1970dwt, 436.8 x 57.2 x 30.0ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, 30000shp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 22.0knots |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 04/1953 | Det Bergenske D/S (Bergen Line), Bergen |
| 1976 | Stord Verft A/S, Bergen |
| 1979 | Kuwait Livestock Transport & Trading Ltd, Kuwait; renamed NAJLA |
| 1981 | Aspis Maritime SA, Panama |
| 1981 | Dolphin (Hellas) Shipping SA, Piraeus; renamed ALBATROS |
| 1984 | Renamed ALEGRO |
| 1984 | Renamed ALBATROS |
| 1985 | Renamed ALBATROSS |
| 1988 | Renamed BETSY ROSS |
| 1989 | Beacon Seaways Maritime Co SA, Panama; renamed AMALFI |
| 1991 | Valgas Trading Ltd, Vanuatu; renamed STAR OF VENICE |
| 1994 | Newport Shipping Co SA, Panama |
| 1995 | Star of Venice Nav SA, Panama |
| 20/08/2001 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1953: Placed on the Newcastle - Bergen ferry service until 1976 |
| Accommodation for 530 x passengers | |
| 1976: Used as an accommodation ship until 1979 | |
| 20/08/2001: Arrived at Aliaga for breaking by Sok Ltd |
Above photo as LEDA is courtesy of Julia Northam
Above photo as LEDA is copyright of Peter Crichton
Above photo as LEDA, dated 28/03/1971, is copyright of Dennis Maccoy. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo as LEDA is copyright of Ken Lubi
Above photo as LEDA is courtesy of John Bage
Above photo as LEDA is copyright of Albert Weller
Above photo as NAJLA is copyright of Svein Torske
Above photo as ALBATROS is copyright of Tony Garner
Above photo as ALBATROSS is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as ALBATROSS is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as BETSY ROSS is courtesy of Richard Turnwald
Above photo as STAR OF VENICE is copyright of Michael Green
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