Elpenor
Ship Number
1477
Vessel Type
Cargo Ship
Built
Belfast
Slip Number
18
Launch Date
November 11, 1953
Launched By
Lady Wakhurst
Delivered
April 22, 1954
Owner
Ocean Steamship Co.
Weight
7757 grt
BP Length
450 feet
Breadth
62 feet
No. of Screws
Single
Speed (approx)
16 knots
Propulsion
Single Acting (S.A.) Diesel
Official No.
185483
Registered
Liverpool
Fate
Scrapped
Elpenor

Sister of the Calchas she was delivered to the China Mutual Steam Navigation Company.
 
After a brief spell with Elder Dempster Lines she was sold, in June 1978, to Cremorne Bay Shipping Company of Liberia and renamed United Concord.
 
After a further year's service flying the Panamanian flag she was broken up at Kaohsiung in Taiwan during 1979.