MEGANTIC /  DEMETRIOS VENTOURIS

BUILT BY SWAN AND HUNTER AT WALLSEND. MEGANTIC WAS A REFRIGERATED CARGO VESSEL. SHE WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO THE 'MEDIC'.

 INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH SHE WAS THE FIRST SHAW SAVILL & ALBION LINE VESSEL TO BE REGISTERED IN LONDON AS OPPOSED TO THE MORE NORMAL SOUTHAMPTON.

SHE WAS ALSO THE FIRST CARGO VESSEL TO HAVE THE NEW SHAW SAVILL & ALBION LIVERY I.E GREY HULL WITH WHITE RIBAND.

IN 1979 SHE WAS SOLD TO A GREEK CONCERN AND RE-NAMED 'DEMETRIOS VENTOURIS'.

THE BOTTOM PICTURE SHOWS MEGANTIC AT LYTTELTON IN DECEMBER 1974.

ANYONE REMEBER THE BRITISH BAR IN LYTTELTON ? I CAN REMBER SPENDING A LOT OF TIME THERE, IF I REMBER CORRECTLY THERE WAS A BAR DOWNSTAIRS AND ANOTHER ONE UPSTAIRS WITH HAD ONE OF THE EARLIEST  VIDEO GAME MACHINES I HAD EVER SEEN