General cargo ship “Arya Pand” arriving Yokohama, mid-August 1974
Owner: Arya National Lines, Tehran
Flag: Iran
Builder: Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd., Whiteinch, Glasgow (Hull-736)
Gross tons: 8,544
Deadweight: 10,140
Length overall: 156.71 m
Max. draft: 8.449 m
Engines: 3 x Pametrada steam turbines, 11,275 s.h.p., geared to single shaft, by Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co. Ltd., Wallsend
Service speed: 17 knots
Completed November 1956 as “Nardana” for British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., London.
Ownership transferred (within P&O Group) October 1963 to Peninsular & Oriental S.N. Co., London, renamed “Baradine”
Transferred back to B.I. August 1968, reverted to “Nardana”
Management transferred to P&O General Cargo Division October 1971
Ownership transferred back to P&O April 1972
Sold to Arya December 1973
Sold 1974 to Chinese shipbreakers but suffered major damage to boilers early in the delivery voyage & eventually resold for scrapping at Gadani Beach, Pakistan, beaching there in March 1976.