Photo courtesy of Dave Smith 3rd officer Cedric

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.