| Name: | ACHILLES |
| Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 13/05/1957 |
| Completed: | 10/1957 |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders) Ltd |
| Yard: | High Walker |
| Yard Number: | 153 |
| Dimensions: | 7974grt, 4550nrt, 9170dwt, 491.6 x 62.4 x 28.5ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, B&W type, 6cyl (750 x 1500mm), 8000bhp |
| Engines by: | JG Kincaid & Co Ltd, Greenock |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 16.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 187168 |
| History: | |
| 11/10/1957 | Ocean Steam Ship Co Ltd (A Holt & Co), Liverpool |
| 1972 | Renamed DARDANUS (in service with Glen Line) |
| 1972 | Nan Yang Shipping Co, Mogadishu; renamed KAIGO |
| 1976 | Highseas Navigation Corporation SA, Panama |
| 06/1982 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 05/06/1982: Arrived at Calcutta for breaking up |
| 06/1982: Broken up by Chowdhury Shipbreaking Co |
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