| Name: | PATRICIA |
| Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 08/11/1950 |
| Completed: | 05/1951 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1884 |
| Dimensions: | 7764grt, 3951nrt, 441.9 x 58.3 x 28.4ft |
| Engines: | 3 x Steam turbines, SR geared, 1730mn |
| Engines by: | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 19.0knots |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 05/1951 | A/B Svenska Lloyd, Gothenburg |
| 1957 | Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hamburg; renamed ARIADNE |
| 1961 | Ariadne Shipping Co Ltd, Monrovia |
| 1969 | Ares Shipping Co Ltd, Monrovia |
| 1972 | Minos Navigation Ltd, Monrovia |
| 1973 | Bon Vivant Cruises Inc, Monrovia; renamed FREEPORT II |
| 1974 | Renamed BON VIVANT |
| 1976 | Dubai Maritime Corporation, Panama |
| 1978 | Gilda Maritime Corporation, Piraeus; renamed ARIANE |
| 1989 | Nios Maritime Co Ltd, Cyprus; renamed EMPRESS KATERINA |
| 1995 | Regent Fortune Maritime Ltd, Panama |
| 1997 | Thanfil Shipping & Trading SA, St Vincent; renamed EMPRESS 65 |
| 18/12/1997 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Built for the Gothenburg to London route |
| Accommodation for 166 x 1st, 78 x 2nd and 164 x 3rd Class passengers | |
| 18/12/1997: Arrived at Alang for breaking up |
Above photo as PATRICIA is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as ARIADNE is courtesy of the Peter Asklander collection
Above photo as BON VIVANT is copyright of Antonio Scrimali
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