SD14-type general cargo ship “Syrie” at anchor off Kuwait, 5th March 1976
Owner: Syrie Shipping Corp., Monrovia
Manager: Mavroleon Bros Ltd., London
Flag: Liberia
Builder: Austin & Pickersgill Ltd., Sunderland
Gross tons: 9,024
Deadweight: 14,885
Length overall: 140.00 m
Max. draft: 8.84 m
Engine: Sulzer SRD68 diesel, 5,500 b.h.p.
Engine builder: Hawthorn Leslie (Eng.) Ltd., Newcastple-upon-Tyne
Speed: 14 knots
Was the second SD14 to be built;
Completed April 1968 for General Freighters Corp. (Mavroleon Bros. managers)
1973: ownership transferred to Syrie Shg.
1978: sold, renamed “Akri”
1980: sold to Mareduc Maritime Corp. (managers S.M. Ramis & J.P. Samatzis), Greece, renamed “Athena”
1983 June 10: sprung leak & abandoned in North Pacific (42°N, 179°W). Was seen partly-submerged 30 days later (10th July) at 43° 50' N, 167° 00' W & assumed to have sunk soon after.