1,892 grt; 3,149 dwt; Loa: 77.65m; B: 13.51m; Dr: 5.33m.
Operator: A/S Frank (Chr J Reim), Porsgrunn, Norway.
Built: 1946 by Porsgrunds M/V, Porsgrunn, Norway. Yard no. 107.
Machinery: eight-cylinder MWM four-stroke of 1,050 bhp at 122rpm (new engine 1960). Speed: 10 knots.
Originally built with two-cylinder compound steam reciprocating engine plus low-pressure turbine.
Launched 1941 but construction interrupted by World War 2.
1954-re-engined with six-cylinder, two-stroke Krupp diesel engine of 1,000 bhp.
1960-re-engined as in photo details.
1974-sold to Titika Shipping Co, Piraeus, renamed ALBI DIXIE (Greek flag).
1977-renamed DIXIE
1978-sold to Green Arrow Shipping Co Ltd, Piraeus (A D Tadros).
1979-foundered Nouakchott, Mauritania 13/2.
Photo: Tilbury 10/3/1969, with a cargo of pulp for one of the many Thames-side paper mills of that time.