Greek Ship

26°31′34.13″N 53°54′29.11″E / 26.5261472°N 53.9080861°E / 26.5261472; 53.9080861

Khoula F, the "Greek Ship", on Kish Island
History
Name	Empire Trumpet[1] (1943–1946)[2][3] Naturalist (1946–1959)[2] Persian Cyrus (1959–1965)[2] Hamadan (1965–1966)[2] Koula F (1966)[2]
Owner	Ministry of War Transport, London[1] (1943–1946)[2] Charente Steamship Co. Ltd., Liverpool (1946–1959)[2] Iranian Lloyd, London (1959–1965)[2] Iranian Shipping Lines SA, Khorramshahr (1965–1966)[2] P. Frangoulis & A.I Cliafas, Piraeus (1966)[2]
Operator	T&J Harrison[1] (1943–1959)[2] B Ashworth (Overseas) Ltd (1959–65)[2]
Port of registry	Greenock[1]
Builder	William Hamilton & Co., Port Glasgow[1]
Yard number	458[2]
Launched	9 March 1943[2]
Completed	April 1943[1]
In service	1943
Out of service	1966
Identification	(as Empire Trumpet) UK Official Number 168995[1] signal code BFGT[1]
Nickname(s)	"The Greek Ship"
Fate	beached 25 July 1966[2]
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship[1]
Tonnage	7,059 GRT[1] 6,601 tonnage under deck[1] 4,805 NRT
Length	432.7 ft (131.9 m)[1]
Beam	56.2 ft (17.1 m)[1]
Draught	34.2 ft (10.4 m) [1]
Installed power	510 NHP[1]
Propulsion	3-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine[1]
Sensors and processing systems	direction finding[1] echo sounding[1]

The Greek Ship (Persian: کشتی یونانی, Kešti-ye Yunāni) is the nickname of a cargo steamship, Khoula F, that has been beached on the southwest coast of Kish Island, Iran, since 1966. She was built in 1943 by the British shipyard of William Hamilton and Company in Port Glasgow, Scotland, under the name Empire Trumpet.^[1] From 1946 to 1966, she passed through a series of British and Iranian owners and various changes of name.^[2] Her final owners were Greek.^[2]