Indeed they were.Remember all the articles in the shipping mags on the Data Loggers,the precusor of the everyday computers of today.Had it all explained when on a visit to PRIAM in Glasgow.
The 4 Blue Funnels PRIAM PROMETHEUS PEISANDER and PROTESILAUS were all Tyne built.
GLENALMOND PEMBROKESHIRE and RADNORSHIRE were Japanese built and of course GLENFINLAS came from Clydebank.
RADNORSHIRE came from the Tyne but was a problem from the outset. She suffered numerous delays and was taken over into Holt ownership after launch.
RADNORSHIRE (1967 - 1972) Super “P” class.
O.N. 334684. 12,089g. 6,455n. 562'11"(BB) x 77'9" x 30'0".
9-cyl. 2 S.C.S. A. (840 x 1800mm) oil engine manufactured by Akt. Burmeister & Wains Maskin-og-Skibsbyggeri, Copenhagen. 22,500 BHP 21 kts
13.3.1967: Launched by Vickers Ltd., Walker on Tyne (Yard No. 188), for Glen Line Ltd.
11.1967: Completed and transferred to the China Mutual Steam Navigation Company Ltd.
1972: Transferred to the Ocean Steamship Company Ltd., and renamed PERSEUS.
15.1.1973: Owners restyled as Ocean Transport & Trading Ltd.
1973: Reverted to the China Mutual Steam Navigation Company Ltd.
1978: Sold to the China Navigation Company Ltd., Hong Kong, and renamed KWANGSI.
1982: Transferred to Panama registry, and renamed ASIA DRAGON.
1982: Sold to Saudi Falcon Navigation Company, (Saudi International Shipping Company S. A., managers), Saudi Arabia, and renamed SAUDI ZAM ZAM.
1983: Removed from management.
1984: Sold to unspecified Chinese shipbreakers.