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FARSISTAN (1959)
Service dates: 1959-1978
Official number: 300874
Shipping lines: STRICK LINE; FRANK C STRICK & COMPANY; P&O GENERAL CARGO DIVISION; P&O STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY
Ship type:
General Cargo Liner.
Career
- 08.01.1959
- Launched.
- 07.05.1959
- Delivered as Farsistan for Strick Line Ltd (F C Strick & Co Ltd, managers). Fitted with 55 ton derrick.
- 01.05.1972
- Management transferred to P&O General Cargo Division.
- 19.04.1973
- Ownership transferred to The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
- 27.01.1975
- Renamed Strathaddie.
- 21.01.1978
- Sold to Con Shipping Corporation, Panama (Maldives Shipping Ltd, managers) and renamed Sophocles.
- 1981
- Registered under Maldives Shipping Ltd, Maldive Islands, and renamed Maldive Pride.
- 1983
- Sold to Ushodaya Shipbreakers, India, for demolition.
- 20.10.1983
- Demolition commenced at Visakhapatnam.