| Name: | ZARIAN |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 16/08/1947 |
| Completed: | 12/1947 |
| Builder: | Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 21 |
| Dimensions: | 8458dwt, 5122grt, 2890nrt, 431.2 x 56.3 x 24.2ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (23.5, 37.25 & 68 x 48ins), 625Mn |
| Engines by: | Hick, Hargreaves & Co Ltd, Bolton |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 182396 |
| History: | |
| 15/12/1947 | United Africa Co Ltd, Liverpool |
| 1949 | Palm Line Ltd; renamed LOKOJA PALM |
| 1966 | Compagnia Navigazione Kea; renamed DESPINA L; registered in Panama |
| 1969 | Nova Shipping Co Ltd (Pergamos Shipping Co Ltd, managers) |
| 1969 | Renamed NOVA; registered in Cyprus |
| 12/1971 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Ordered as EMPIRE BIRDSAY for the Ministry of War Transport |
| She was a "C Type" wartime standard cargo ship | |
| 12/1971: Broken up at Shanghai, China |
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