Van Nievelt, Goudriaan & Co. of Rotterdam's 1958 Hamburg built bulk carrier ASTEROPE was a frequent visitor to Avonmouth, for example arriving on 6th May 1964 with a cargo of grain from Trois-Rivières (Three Rivers). Here she is seen berthed on West Wharf 4, Avonmouth, on 24th March 1972 discharging a cargo of phosphate rock from Casablanca.

Later: 1973 CHUKCHI SEA - 78 WU ZHI SHAN (deleted in 1992)

Scanned from a slide by the late John Wiltshire