Built by Scotts' Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd, Greenock in 1948.

Cyclops was an A Class Mark II at 8,214gt and 463 feet.

Renamed Automedon in July 1975 to release the name for a new tanker and five months later transfered to Elder Dempster lines. Chartered to Nigerian National Lines for three months in 1977 before being delivered to W H Arnott Young and Co Ltd for demolition at Dalmuir.