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1,470 grt; 2,172 dwt.
Operator: MacAndrews & Co Ltd, London
Built 1968 by Grangemouth Dockyard Co Ltd. Yard no. 539.
Main engine: nine-cylinder, four-stroke MAN 9GV52/74 of 3,880 bhp at 250 rpm for a service speed of 16 knots.
1977-to United Baltic Corporation, London; name unchanged.
1979-sold to Valani Shipping Co Ltd, Cyprus; renamed VALANI.
1985-sold to Luisamar, Genoa, Italy; renamed DANIELLE and then MICHELLE PRIMO.
1987-to breakers at Vigo, Spain 11/11.
Seen here as built and in her first months of service with MacAndrews to Spain, Portugal and the Canary Islands. Two years later, in 1970, she was converted to a container carrier.
Photographed at Dover exactly 50 years ago on 7/10/1968
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General cargo ships built 1960-1969 (Under 3000gt) - 4 photos
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