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Name: ADRASTUS
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 22/07/1953
Completed: 12/1953
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd
Yard: High Walker
Yard Number: 134
Dimensions: 7859grt, 4573nrt, 9300dwt, 462.9 x 62.3 x 31.7ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, B&W type, 7cyl (750 x 1500mm), 7600bhp
Engines by: Harland & Wolff Ltd, Glasgow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 16.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 185477
History:
12/12/1953 Ocean Steamship Co Ltd (A Holt & Co), Liverpool
13/08/1960 Nederlandsche Stoomvaart Maats ‘Oceaan’ NV, Amsterdam
22/01/1975 Elder Dempster Lines Ltd (A Holt & Co), Liverpool
06/1975 China Mutual Steam Navigation Co Ltd (A Holt & Co), Liverpool
02/1978 Rhodeswell Shipping Co SA, Cyprus; renamed ANASSA
06/05/1981 Broken up
Comments: Laid down as DEMETER but launched as ADRASTUS
06/05/1981: Arrived at Gadani Beach for breaking up
12/05/1981: Breaking up commenced by Gulf Trading Agency


Above photo is copyright of John Wiltshire

Above photo is copyright of Keith Wood

Above photo, showing her under charter to Elder Dempster, is copyright of Keith Wood