PHRONTIS (1) was built in 1925 by  Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. at Dundee with a tonnage of 6635grt, a length of 429ft 6in, a beam of 54ft 10in and a service speed of 14 knots. Engines: Twin Screw, 2 x 8 Cylinder 4S. SA. Burmeister Wain, Copenhagen, 4,800 B.H.P., 14 Knots. Passengers: 12. 
Sister of the Alcinous she was built for N.S.M. 'Oceaan' with Dutch registry and flag. She was sold to M. Bakhashab of Saudi Arabia in 1958, renamed Ryad and on 25th August in the same year arrived in Hong Kong where she was broken up