Name: | SERBISTAN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 09/11/1965 |
Completed: | 03/1966 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 617 |
Dimensions: | 8985grt, 4894nrt, 503.4 x 63.8 x 27.5ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, Doxford type, 6cyl (670 x 2100mm), 10000bhp |
Engines by: | Wm Doxford & Sons (Engineers) Ltd, Pallion, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 17.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 308027 |
History: | |
03/1966 | Strick Line Ltd (FC Strick & Co Ltd), London |
01/05/1972 | Managers became P&O General Cargo Division |
19/04/1973 | Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company |
06/01/1975 | Renamed STRATHANGUS |
06/09/1978 | Hong Kong Islands Shipping Co Ltd, Panama; renamed KELLET ISLAND |
1983 | Golden Line (Pte) Ltd, Panama; renamed GOLDEN BEAR |
03/1988 | Broken up |
Comments: | 19/03/1988: Arrived for at Kaohsiung for breaking up |
03/1988: Broken up by Richian Steel Industrial Co |
Above photo as SERBISTAN is courtesy of John Bage
Above photo as SERBISTAN is courtesy of John Bage
Above photo of SERBISTAN dressed for her maiden voyage is copyright of Paul Strathdee
Above photo as SERBISTAN is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield
Above photo as SERBISTAN is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield
Above photo as STRATHANGUS is copyright of Bob Smith
Above photo as KELLETT ISLAND is copyright of Chris Howell
Above photo as GOLDEN BEAR is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield