12,078 grt; 20,350 dwt
Owner: Vainqueur Corp, Monrovia, Liberia
Built 1958 by Canadian Vickers Ltd, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Yard no. 269
Main engine: eight-cylinder, two-stroke Nordberg of 6,800 bhp. Speed: 13.5 knots
Built as ALEXANDER T WOOD for Westriver Ore Transports, Ltd, London; 1958-to Bury Court Shipping Co., Ltd. (Managers: Purvis Shipping Co Ltd, London); 1963-Managers changed to Lambert Brothers (Shipping) Ltd, renamed LEADENHALL; 1964-to Westriver Ore Transports Ltd, renamed LÜBECK; 1968-VAINQUEUR (as photo); 1959- sank 134 miles southwest of South Pass, position 27.21N x 90.30W, in Gulf of Mexico, on March 15, after explosion in boiler room; one life lost. Was on voyage, Vera Cruz, Mexico, for New Orleans, LA, with 20,000 tons sugar.
Photo: leaving Tilbury Dock, London 21/1/1968, after change of ownership, drydocking and renaming