General cargo ship “Strathtay” at anchor off Kuwait, 6th March 1976
Owner: Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co., London
Manager: P&O General Cargo Division
Port of registry: London
Builder: J. Readhead & Sons Ltd., South Shields (Hull-610)
Port of registry: London
Gross tons: 10,028
Deadweight: 14,235
Length overall: 154.89 m
Max. draft: 8.290 m
Engine: 5-cylinder Sulzer diesel, 7,2500 b.h.p., by Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co. Ltd., Wallsend
Service speed: 15 knots
Completed May 1962 as “Trebartha” for The Hain Steamship Company Ltd, London.
Owner amalgamated (within P&O Group) with Nourse Line, London, October 1965, forming Hain-Nourse Ltd.
Management transferred to P&O General Cargo Division October 1971
Ownership transferred to P&O S.N. Co. May 1972.
Renamed “Strathtay” May 1975
Sold to Marikog Shipping Co. S.A., Panama, January 1978; renamed “Zak”
Sold January 1985 for demolition at Lianyungang, PR China