| Name: | FARSISTAN |
| Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 08/01/1959 |
| Completed: | 05/1959 |
| Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 599 |
| Dimensions: | 9633grt, 5271nrt, 500.5 x 63.25 x 30.9ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, Doxford type, 6cyl (670 x 2320mm), 6600bhp |
| Engines by: | Hawthorn, Leslie (Engineers) Ltd, Hebburn |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 14.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 300874 |
| History: | |
| 05/1959 | Strick Line Ltd (FC Strick & Co Ltd), London |
| 01/05/1972 | Managers became P&O General Cargo Division |
| 19/04/1973 | Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co, London |
| 27/01/1975 | Renamed STRATHADDIE |
| 21/01/1978 | Cori Shipping Corporation, Monrovia; renamed SOPHOCLES |
| 1981 | Maldives Shipping Ltd, Male; renamed MALDIVE PRIDE |
| 10/1983 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 09/10/1983: Arrived at Visakhapatnam to be broken up |
| 10/1983: Broken up by Ushodaya Shipbreakers |
Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Above photo is copyright of Chris Howell
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Above photo is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield
Above photo is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield
Above photo as STRATHADDIE is copyright of Stan Mayes
Above photo as SOPHOCLES is copyright of Bob Scott