General cargo ship “Palos” working cargo at anchor off Singapore, mid-December 1972
Owner: Porlental Navegation Co. S.A.
Flag: Panama
Builder: Nippon Diesel Zosensho, Osaka
Gross tons: 808
Deadweight: 1,284
Length overall: 63.0 m
Max. draft: 4.5 m
Engine: 8-cylinder diesel, 650 b.h.p., by Hanshin Nainenki, Kobe
Service speed: 10 knots
Completed 1944 as “Hisatsu Maru” for Osaka Shosen K.K.
Sold 1957 to Tokushima Senpaku K.K., renamed “Daiichi Mutsu Maru” (“Mutsu Maru No.1”)
Bought 1967 by Porlental
1974: “South Star”