| Name: | OCEAN MONARCH |
| Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 27/07/1950 |
| Completed: | 03/1951 |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
| Yard: | High Walker |
| Yard Number: | 119 |
| Dimensions: | 13654grt, 7135nrt, 5280dwt, 516.1 x 72.2 x 24.0ft |
| Engines: | 4 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 11500shp |
| Engines by: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, Barrow in Furness |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 18.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 184384 |
| History: | |
| 03/1951 | Furness, Withy & Co Ltd, London |
| 1967 | Balkanturist, Varna; renamed VARNA |
| 1974 | Navigation Maritime Bulgare, Varna |
| 1977 | Renamed VENUS |
| 1978 | Dolphin (Hellas) Shipping SA, Piraeus; renamed RIVIERA |
| 01/06/1981 | Sank |
| Comments: | 28/05/1981: On fire at Ambelaki |
| 01/06/1981: Capsized & sank south of Kynosoura |
Above photo as OCEAN MONARCH copyright of Stephen J Card
Above photo as OCEAN MONARCH copyright of Malcolm Cranfield
Above photo as OCEAN MONARCH courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as VARNA copyright of JK Byass
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