1,830 grt; 2,695 dwt.
Operator: Stelal Shipping Co (E G Loukedes), Piraeus, Greece.
Built 1939 by Nederland Dok Maatschappij, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Yard no 77.
Main engine: five-cylinder, two-stroke P Smit-B&W 5-50VF-90 of 1,600 bhp by P Smit Jr, Rotterdam; Speed: 12 knots.
Built for KNSM - Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maats NV, Amsterdam as CASTOR
1966-sold to Midepol Cia Nav, Panama (E G Loukedes, Piraeus) renamed APOLLON
1968-renamed ALFA (as photo)
1974-sold to Siphon Maritime Co (Italohellenic Shipping Agency) and renamed MICHALIS (Cyprus flag, PoR Famagusta)
1975-wrecked 7th December Atlantic coast Morocco
Photo: 2/5/1969 arriving Rotterdam.