VETTERSÖ
Ore/oil carrier; 8,492 grt; 11,730 dwt
Operator: Rederi AB Rex/Salenrederierna, Stockholm, Sweden. Flag: Swedish
Built: 1938 by AB Götaverken, Gothenburg, Sweden. Yard no: 513
Main engine: eight-cylinder, two-stroke Götaverken 740/1500-8U of 4,800 bhp. Speed: 12 knots
Built as W R LUNDGREN; 1955-VETTERSÖ (as photo)
1969-to breakers at La Spezia, Italy 1/7
Photo: exactly 50 years ago today, 9/10/1968, passing Erith, inward bound for Dagenham with iron ore for the Ford Motor Co’s foundry

[only one on site - DA 10/2018]