The world’s first PCC (pure car carrier); 499 grt; 725 dwt; 450 cars.
Operator: Jan-Erik Dyvi, Oslo, Norway.
Built: 1964 by Trosvik Verksted A/S, Brevik, Norway. Yard no 82.
Main engine: seven-cylinder, four-stroke MAN G7V40/60 of 1,870 bhp at 275 rpm. Speed: 15 knots.
1971-sold to Grimaldi Cia di Navigazione SpA, Palermo, Italy, renamed ANGLIA.
1973-renamed AQUILA (same operator).
1980-to breakers La Spezia, Italy after fire 38.29N/7.10E 7/12/79
Photo: Tilbury 15/3/1968, outbound with Ford export cars from Dagenham to Northern Europe.