General cargo ship “Turkistan”, possibly at Khorramshahr, Iran
Lloyd's reg. no. 167156
Owner: Strick Line (1928) Ltd., London
Manager: FC Strick & Co Ltd.
Flag: British
Port of registry: British
Builder: J Readhead & Sons Ltd., South Shields (Hull-514)
Gross tons: 6,935
Length overall: 138.4 m
Max. draft: 8.79 m
Engine: triple-expansion steam, 706 n.h.p., by builder
Completed January 1939
Service speed: 12.5 knots
Sold 1961 to Phoebus Kyprianou & partners, Beirut, renamed “Demos” (Lebanese flag)
Wrecked off Taiwan during a typhoon 22nd July 1962

Photo by the late Captain Harry Reid