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Images courtesy of Tom McGrattan |
THE ABOVE PICTURE SHOWS CARNATIC AS THE DARRO WITH HER WITH ROYAL MAIL FUNNEL AVONMOUTH IN JULY 1977. |



CARNATIC / DARRO / DIMITRA / LITSKA K
CARNATIC WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO CANOPIC,CEDRIC,CRETIC AND CYMRIC.SHE WAS BUILT BY CAMMELL LAIRD AT BIRKENHEAD. IN 1969 SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE CRUSADER SHIPPING LINE ( KEPT THE SAME NAME ) IN 1973 SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE ROYAL MAIL LINE AND RE-NAMED 'DARRO'. IN 1976 SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE ARDGOWAN SHIPPING CO LTD. ( KEEPING THE SAME NAME, THIS COMPANY WAS UNDER SHAW SAVILL & ALBIONS " UMBRELLA ", AND IT WAS MOST LIKELY THAT VESSELS WERE TRANSFERRED TO AND FRO FROM THIS COMPANY FOR FINANCIAL REASONS I.E TAX ) IN 1977 SHE WAS SOLD TO A CYPRIOT COMPANY AND RE-NAMED ' LITSKA K '. IN 1979 SHE WAS SOLD TO A GREEK COMPANY AND RE-NAMED ' DIMITRA '.SHE WAS SCRAPPED THE SAME YEAR IN GREECE.