General cargo ship “Strathmuir” arriving at Kobe, Japan, October 1978
Owner: Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co., London
Manager: P&O General Cargo Division
Port of registry: London
Builder: Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd., Wallsend & Neptune yards (Hull-24)
Gross tons: 11,143
Deadweight: 13,300
Length overall: 156.91 m
Max. draft: 9.601 m
Engine: 6-cylinder Sulzer diesel, 17,400 b.h.p., by Hawthorn Leslie (Engineers) Ltd., Newcastle
Service speed: 19 knots
Completed December 1971 as “Mulbera” for British India S.N. Co., London (manager P&O General Cargo Division)
April 1973 Ownership transferred to P&O S.N. Co.
June 1975: renamed “Strathmuir”
April 1982: sold to Mars Ltd, Bermuda (a subsidiary of Transportacion Maritima Mexicana, S.A. de C.V.), renamed “Sonia M.” (managed by Reardon Smith
1991: sold to Euston Shipping Co. Ltd, Malta., renamed “Sonic”.
January 1992: sold for scrapping at Alang, India.