Product tanker; 13,718 grt; 20,280 dwt
Operator: Vaboens R/A, Kristiansand S, Norway. Flag: Norwegian
Built: 1957 by Bremer Vulkan AG, Bremen-Vegesack, Germany. Yard no: 864
Main engine: eight-cylinder, two-stroke Bremer Vulkan-MAN K8Z 78/140 of 8,500 bhp at 115 rpm. Speed: 14.5 knots
Built for Lorentzens Skibs A/S & Lorentzens Rederi Co A/S, Oslo, Norway as JOHS. STOVE (Norwegian flag);
1967-HERULV (as photo); 1978-CHERRY BAY (Singapore flag);
1979-SABLE (Greek flag)
1986-sold/renamed ABLE for voyage to breakers at Gadani Beach, Pakistan, arrived 9/4
Photo: departing Rotterdam 5/7/1968