TEESTA /  ARAWKAWA / STRATHROYAL

TEESTA WAS BUILT IN 1956 AND IN 1958 UNDERWENT TRIALS AND WAS DELIVERED TO HER OWNERS ( PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO. LONDON )  HER OFFICIAL NUMBER WAS 187485 AND SHE HAD A SERVICE SPEED OF 15.5 KNOTS, AND WAS A VESSEL OF 8,202 TONS.

 IN 1966 SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE EASTERN & AUSTRALIA STEAMSHIP CO OF LONDON AND RE-NAMED ARAWKAWA.

IN 1970 SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE BRITISH INDIA NAVIGATIONAL CO OF LONDON AND RE-NAMED TEESTA.

AT THIS STAGE SHE WAS CHARTERED TO THE CRUSADER LINE.

IN 1971 SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE P & O GENERAL CARGO DIVISION. IN 1973 SHE RETURNED TO THE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO.

IN 1975 SHE WAS RE-NAMED STRATHROYAL.

 IN 1977 SHE WAS SOLD TO JAMAL ENTERPRISES, PAKISTAN AND WAS SCRAPPED IN 1978.