General cargo/cadet training ship “Eastern Academy” at Khorramshahr, Iran, January 1978
Owner: Laggan Bay Shipping Co., Monrovia
Manager: World Shipmanagment Services Pte, Singapore
Flag: Liberia
Builder: John Brown & Co (Clydebank) Ltd.
Gross tons: 12,997
Deadweight: 13,725
Length overall: 160.4 m
Max. draft: 9.75 m
Engines: 2 x 6-cylinder Doxford diesels, 12,400 b.h.p., by builders; twin-screw
Speed: 17 knots
Completed 1958 as “Otaio” for New Zealand Shipping Co.
December 1966: ownership transferred to Federal Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. (NZS Co. continuing as managers)
October 1971: Management transferred to P&O General Cargo Division
July 1976: sold to Laggan Bay Shg. (managers Gulf Shipping Lines Ltd.)
1977: management transferred to World Shipmanagment Services Pte, Singapore
1978: management transferred to Gulfeast Ship Management Ltd, Hong Kong
1981: ownership transferred to Arabian Maritime Transport Co Ltd., Saudi Arabia (Gulfeast continuing as manager)
July 1982: sold to Pakistani shipbreakers