Ahoy Paul,
Found me this lovely postcard, showing here at her best.
PROMETHEUS (4) was built in 1967 by Vickers Armstrong Ltd at Newcastle with a tonnage of 12094grt, a length of 563ft 11in, a beam of 77ft 11in and a service speed of 21 knots. Sister of the Priam she was completed for the Ocean Steam Ship Co. in June 1967, ten moths later than scheduled. In 1972 she was transferred to the China Mutual Steam Navigation Co. with whom she stayed for five years before being sold to C. Y. Tung's Blound Co. Ltd of Hong Kong and renamed Oriental Merchant in 1979. In the following year she was sold to Panocean Shipping Co. Inc. of Liberia and had her name modified to Oriental Merchant No.1. Later in the same year she was transferred to Calm Isle Shipping Ltd of Hong Kong and her name reverted to Oriental Merchant. In 1984 she was sold to Island Investment & Agency Corp &Wattling Nav. Inc.. On 21st March 1986 she arrived at Kaohsiung, Taiwan where she was broken up.