General cargo ship “Ozarda" at anchor off Cochin (now Kochi), India, July 1970
Owner: British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., London
Port of registry: London
Builder: Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd., Glasgow
Gross tons: 6,895
Deadweight tons: 9,050
Length overall: 134.44 m
Max. draft: 7.802 m
Engine: 4-cylinder 2 SCSA Doxford diesel, 3,400 b.h.p., by builder
Speed: 11 knots
Completed January 1940
Requisitioned by British Government in March 1940; served mostly in the Mediterranean (including actions at Tripoli & Sicily)
Sold August 1970 to Epidavros Cia. Nav. SA, Panama, renamed “Epidavros” (this photo was taken shortly before the sale & a long white “paying-off pennant” is being flown, or rather hanging) from her mainmast)
Sold for breaking up at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, July 1972


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