General cargo ship “Strathangus” at Doha, Qatar, early November 1977
Owner: Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. (P&O), London
Manager: P&O General Cargo Division
Port of registry: London
Builder: J. Readhead & Sons Ltd., South Shields
Gross tons: 8,700
Deadweight: 11,319
Length overall: 150.40 m
Max. draft: 8.229 m
Engine: 6-cylinder Doxford diesel, 10,000 b.h.p., by William Doxford & Sons (Engineers) Ltd., Sunderland
Speed: 17 knots
Delivered 3rd March 1966 as “Serbistan” for Strick Line Ltd., London (manager F.C. Strick & Co. Ltd.)
May 1972: management transferred to P&O General Cargo Division
April 1973: ownership transferred to P&O
January 1975: renamed “Strathangus”
1978: Sold to Hong Kong Islands Shipping Co Ltd., Panama, renamed “Kellet Island”.
1983: sold to Golden Line (Pte.) Ltd., Panama (manager Guan Guan Shipping [Pte.] Ltd,, Singapore), renamed “Golden Bear”.
March 1988: sold for scrapping at Kaohsiung, Taiwan