3,799 grt; 5,300 dwt
Operator: Ellerman & Papayani Lines Ltd, Liverpool.
Built: 1956 by Wm Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool. Yard no. 1282.
Main engine: Central Marine Engineering Works triple-expansion steam reciprocating of 3,500 ihp. Speed: 13 knots.
Built as LANCASTRIAN.
1962-CITY of LEICESTER; 1964-LANCASTRIAN; 1966-ALSATIA (for charter);
1966-LANCASTRIAN.
1969-sold to Ionian Shipping Co Ltd, renamed THEOKRATES (Cyprus flag)
1974-sold to Sharjah Sea Transport Co, Sharjah, UAE, renamed KHORFAKAN (United Arab Emirates Flag).
1975-wrecked on Sharjah Jetty 12/2.
Photo: Long Reach, River Thames 6/1/1968 arriving Port of London.