2,455 grt; 1,554 dwt; Passengers: 35;
Operator: Atlantic Steam Navigation Co Ltd (The Transport Ferry Service), London
Built: 1961 by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Troon, Scotland. Yard no. 508;
Propulsion: twin-screw with two, 16-cylinder, four-stroke Paxman 16YLX/C medium-speed diesels developing a total of 4,000 bhp at 750 rpm for a speed of 14 knots.
1981-sold to Compania Armadora de Sudamerica, Panama, renamed ATLAS I.
1987-sold to Hellenic Coastal Lines/ Ventouris Sons Shipping Co, Piraeus, Greece, renamed SIFNOS.
1990-rebuilt to passenger/car ferry, renamed SIFNOS EXPRESS.
1995-sold to A K Ventouris, Piraeus, renamed IGOUMENITSA EXPRESS.
1988-sold to Orestes Seatrade Corp, Panama, renamed ORESTES.
2007-sold to breakers at Aliaga, Turkey, arrived 3rd April. Photo: Felixstowe 3/5/1969
Lt-Col Frank Bustard's Atlantic Steam Navigation Co pioneered roll-on/roll-off ferries by using ex-military tank landing craft (LSTs) for services between Preston and Larne and Tilbury (later Felixstowe) to Antwerp and Rotterdam. ASN was acquired by Townsend Thoresen in 1974 and was subsequently absorbed into P&O European Ferries