General cargo ship “Nardana” arriving at Dubai, 1st or 2nd January 1972
Owner: British India Steam Navigation Co., London
Port of registry: London
Builder: Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd., Glasgow (Hull-736)
Gross tons: 8,511
Deadweight: 10,140
Length overall: 156.71 m
Max. draft: 8.449 m
Engines: 3 x Pametrada steam turbines, total 10,250 s.h.p., geared to single shaft
Service speed: 17 knots
Completed November 1956
October 1963: transferred ownership (within P&O group) to Peninsular & Oriental Steam
Navigation Co., renamed “Baradine”
August 1968: ownership reverted to B.I.S.N. Co. & name reverted to “Nardana”
April 1972: transfered ownership again to P&O S.N.Co., retaining name.
December 1973: sold to Arya National Shipping Lines, Iran, renamed “Arya Pand”
March 1976: sold for scrapping at Gadani Beach, Pakistan


Only photo with this name on site. DL