At Convoy’s Wharf, Deptford, London circa 1980, discharging Canadian newsprint for London’s Fleet Street newspaper printing presses
16,284 grt; 20,545 dwt
Owner: Carlton Steamship Co Ltd; Managers: Harrisons (Clyde) Ltd, Glasgow; on charter to Fednav, Montreal, Canada. Panama flag
Built 1972 by Port Weller Dry Docks Ltd, St Catherines, Ontario, Canada. Yard no. 55
Propulsion: twin-screw with 2 x vee-18-cylinder, four-stroke Crossley-Pielstick 18PC2V-400 with a combined output of 18,000 bhp at 500 rpm. Speed: 19 knots.
ex-LAURENTIAN FOREST (until 1980); 1985-LAURENTIAN FOREST; 1986-FEDERAL SEAWAY; 1988-CAPE LOBOS (US MARAD reserve fleet); 2001-laid up; 2018-to breakers