Passenger ship “Ocean King” at Hong Kong, 16th October 1980
Owner: Ocean King Nav. Co. S.A., Panama
Flag: Panama
Builder: Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico, Trieste, Italy
Gross tons: 27,090
Length overall: 207.4 m
Max. draft: 8.53 m
Engines: 2 x 12-cylinder FIAT diesels, 27,000 b.h.p.
Speed: 21 knots
Passengers: c.1,180
Completed 1952 as “Augustus” for “ITALIA” Soc. Per Azioni di Nav., Italy
Sold 1976 to Great Sea Shipping Corp., Panama, renamed “Great Sea”
Bought 1980 by Ocean King
Sold 1983, renamed “Philippines”
Sold 1985, renamed “President”, laid up at Kaohsiung
Sold 1987, renamed “Asian Princess”.
Converted for cruising at Subic Bay, Philippines, 1997
Returned to Subic Bay February 1999, refitted as a floating hotel & restaurant, renamed “MS Philippines October 1999; opened to the public 2000 but laid up not long afterwards.
Sold 2011 for scrapping at Alang, India.