General cargo ship “Strathmeigle” at Sharjah, UAE, early April 1980
Owner: Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co., London
Manager: P&O Deep Sea Cargo Division
Port of registry: London
Builder: Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd., Wallsend
Gross tons: 11,143
Deadweight: 13,591
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., Hebburn
Service speed: 19 knots
Completed March 1971 as “Merkara” for British India Steam Navigation Co., London
Ownership transferred (within P&O Group) to P&O S.N. Co. April 1973
Renamed “Strathmeigle” April 1975
Sold to March 1982 to United Thai Shipping Corporation Ltd, Thailand, renamed “Kannikar”
Sold September 1982 for scrapping at Huangpu, China