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GORJISTAN (1961)
Service dates: 1961-1978
Official number: 302779
Shipping lines: STRICK LINE; P&O GENERAL CARGO DIVISION; P&O STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY
Ship type:
General Cargo Liner.
Career
- 01.05.1961
- Launched.
- 02.11.1961
- Delivered as Gorjistan for Strick Line Ltd (F C Strick & Co Ltd, managers). She was fitted with 65 ton derrick.
- 01.05.1972
- Management and operation transferred to P&O General Cargo Division.
- 19.04.1973
- Ownership transferred to The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
- 25.02.1975
- Renamed Strathatlow.
- 22.11.1978
- Sold to Egyptian International Shipping Corporation (Uiterwyk Corporation, managers) Egypt for about US$1 million and renamed Nile U.
- 1982
- Renamed Nile.
- 1983
- Sold to Haryana Steel Co, India, for demolition.
- 23.06.1983
- Arrived at Bombay.
- 08.08.1983
- Work commenced.