SS MODESTA (OFQG, LR/IMO) Valmistunut/completed 1923.1.6, England, Burntisland, Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Ltd. Shipyard no. 112.
6350 dwt, 1870 HP, 110.41 x 15.25 x 6.63 m.
1923.1.6: ASIATIC, W.H.Cockerline & Co, Hull. 1941: Hunter Shipping Co Ltd, London. 1942.1.21: In snowstorm while in convoy ON58 escorted by HMS MONBRETIA, went aground and was abandoned near Ballyquinton, County Down, Northern Ireland. Also MONBRETIA and three other ships of the convoy grounded. 1942.2.2: ASIATIC refloated on and temporarily repaired. Towed to Belfast but declared a total loss. Was later sold to MoWT, repaired and put into traffic under management of Fred Hunter, London. 1943: EMPIRE TORRIDGE, Ministry of War Transport, London. 1946: HUNTRESS, Hunter Shipping Co Ltd, London.
1950: MODESTA, homeport Turku. Paulins Rederi Ab Modesta (mgr Oliver Borg, Kanavaniemi) Turku. 1954: Paulins Rederi Ab. (mgr. Frank Skibdahl, Kanavaniemi, III:s Poikkikatu) Turku.
1962.2: demolished Split, Brodospas