| Name: | ZIRA |
| Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 01/02/1972 |
| Completed: | 09/11/1972 |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 45 |
| Dimensions: | (1979: 6740dwt, 6406grt, 3235nrt, 122.56 x 19.51 x 11.74metres) |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 2SA, 6cyl (670 x 2140mm), 12000bhp |
| Engines by: | Doxford & Sunderland Ltd, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 18.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 358491 |
| History: | |
| 09/11/1972 | British India Navigation Co Ltd |
| 1973 | Absorbed into the P & O Group |
| 1975 | Managed by Moss Hutchinson; renamed VOSGES |
| 1986 | Ofer Brothers (Ships) Ltd, Haifa, Israel; renamed GALIA CARMEL |
| 1996 | Renamed CARMEL EXOTIC |
| 07/05/2004 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1979: Lengthened in Genoa, Italy |
| 07/05/2004: Broken up at Alang, India |
Above photo as ZIRA in P & O livery is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as ZIRA in P & O livery is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as ZIRA courtesy of Ron Mapplebeck
Above photo as ZIRA copyright of Mike Cornwall
Above photo as VOSGES copyright of John Wiltshire
Above photo as GALIA CARMEL copyright of Mike Cornwall
Above photo as CARMEL EXOTIC copyright of Ingvar