| Name: | GORJISTAN |
| Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 01/05/1961 |
| Completed: | 11/1961 |
| Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 608 |
| Dimensions: | 9449grt, 5297nrt, 500.5 x 63.25 x 30.9ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, Doxford type, 2SCSA, 6cyl (670 x 2100mm), 9200bhp |
| Engines by: | Wm Doxford & Sons (Engineers) Ltd, Pallion, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 17.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 302779 |
| History: | |
| 11/1961 | 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 Company |
| 25/02/1975 | Renamed STRATHATLOW |
| 22/11/1978 | Egyptian International Shipping Corporation, Alexandria; renamed NILE U |
| 06/1983 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 23/06/1983: Arrived at Bombay for breaking up by Haryana Steel Co |
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