| Name: | SEISTAN |
| Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 15/05/1957 |
| Completed: | 27/07/1957 |
| Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 592 |
| Dimensions: | 7440grt, 4334nrt, 478.0 x 58.5 x 25.9ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, Doxford type, 4cyl (670 x 2320mm), 4400bhp |
| Engines by: | Hawthorn, Leslie (Engineers) Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 13.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 187620 |
| History: | |
| 29/07/1957 | Strick Line Ltd (FC Strick & Co Ltd), London |
| 1959 | Broken up (forepart) |
| Comments: | 17/02/1958: On fire in No 5 hold beneath the explosives magazine |
| On a voyage from London to Khorramshahr | |
| The cargo included 170 tons of explosives, fuses and detonators | |
| 18/02/1958: Anchored 2 miles east of South Sitra beacon and discharged 75 tons of explosives to barges while the fire was tackled | |
| 19/02/1958: Fire spread to the magazine and an explosion destroyed the stern and much of the superstructure. 53 crew and 4 tug crew died | |
| 05/02/1959: Forepart raised and towed to Italy | |
| 06/1959: Broken up at Catania |
Above photo is copyright of the Alex Wood Collection
Above photo is courtesy of John Bage
Above photo is courtesy of John Bage
Above photo is courtesy of John Bage
Above photo is courtesy of John Bage