9,374 grt; 13,416 dwt
Operator: Zenith Management Corp, Piraeus, Greece. Flag: Panama
Built 1959 by J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields, Newcastle, UK. Yard no: 599
Main engine: Hawthorn Leslie-Doxford 67LBD6 six-cylinder, two-stroke, opposed-piston diesel of 6,600 bhp at 112 rpm for a speed of 14.75 knots.
For the first 16 years of her career, this ship sailed as FARSISTAN in the fleet of London-based Strick Line Ltd. In 1975, when P&O absorbed most of its acquired subsidiaries under one banner, FARSISTAN became STRATHADDIE in the P&O fleet, until being sold in 1978 to become SOPHOCLES (as photo.
In 1981 she was sold to Maldives Shipping Ltd, Maldive Islands becoming MALDIVE PRIDE and on the 9th October 1983 she arrived at Visakhapatnam, India for scrapping.