7,607 grt; 10,750 dwt
Operator: Naviran SA, Khorramshahr, Iran
Built 1945 by Bethehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, USA as a wartime standard VC2-S-AP2 ‘Victory’ ship named MILFORD VICTORY.
1947-Acquired by Holland-America Lijn and renamed ABBEDIJK.
1954-the name was re-styled by H.A.L. to ABBEDYK.
1961-sold to British-flag interests and renamed JOHN L MANTA.
1967-sold to Naviran SA (Iranian flag) and renamed CYRUS II, as photographed.
1969-badly damaged by fire at Durban and was eventually sent to Kaohsiung for breaking in 1970.
Photograph: Tilbury, August 1968.