| Name: | MELAMPUS |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 04/04/1924 |
| Completed: | 06/1924 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 938 |
| Dimensions: | 6336grt, 3869nrt, 432.0 x 54.9 x 30.1ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 5700shp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 14.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a; (1950: 183800) |
| History: | |
| 06/1924 | NV Nederland Stoomvaart Mij "Oceaan", Amsterdam |
| 30/12/1950 | Ocean Steam Ship Co Ltd (A Holt & Co), Liverpool |
| 01/10/1957 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1955: Laid-up in the Holy Loch, Scotland |
| 1957: Sold to the British Iron & Steel Corporation (Salvage) - BISCO | |
| 01/10/1957: Arrived at Inverkeithing for breaking up by TW Ward Ltd |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Gordon Ross
Above: Armed and in war-time grey. Photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of the Dickinson Collection
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
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Liverpool Journal of Commerce, Thursday, 10/04/1924