SD-14 type general cargo ship “Strathdevon” at anchor off the Shatt-al-Arab Outer Bar, April 1978
Owner: Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co., London
Manager: P&O General Cargo Division
Port of registry: London
Builder: Austin & Pickersgill Ltd., Sunderland (Hull-446)
Gross tons: 9,214
Deadweight: 15,088
Length overall: 141.0 m
Max. draft: 8.859 m
Engine: 5-cylinder Sulzer diesel, 7,500 b.h.p., by G. Clark & N.E.M. Ltd., Wallsend
Speed: 15 knots
Completed January 1975; a standard SD-14 design with additional 50-tonne Velle derrick
Sold December 1981 to Empresa de Navegacion Mambisa, Havana, Cuba, renamed “Donato Marmol”
Sold 1988 to Black Swan Shipping Co., Cyprus (manager Naviera Poseidon S.A., Havana), renamed “Magister”.
Sold 1997 to to Globe Trade Shipping Corp., Monrovia, Liberia (Alva Investments Corp., London; manager Austin Navigation Inc, Harrow), renamed “Sarah I” (St. Vincent & Grenadines flag)
Management transferred 1998 to Sany Shipping (Private) Ltd., Singapore
Ownership transferred 2000 to Orient Isle Ltd, British Virgin Islands, renamed “Pavonis” (Sany continuing as manager)
Management transferred 2002 to Prominent Shipping Services Ltd, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Sold March 2006 for scrapping at Chittagong