SD-14-type general cargo ship leaving Kuwait, October 1979
Owner: Peninsular & Oriental Steam Nav. Co., London
Manager: P&O General Cargo Division
Port of registry: London
Builder: Austin & Pickersgill Ltd., Sunderland (Hull-457)
Gross tons: 9,230
Deadweight: 15,088
Length overall: 141.0 m
Max. draft: 8.859 m
Engine: 5-cylinder Sulzer diesel, 7,500 b.h.p., by G. Clark & N.E.M. Ltd., Wallsend
Speed: 15 knots
Completed January 1977; standard SD-14 specification with addition of 50-ton Velle derrick.
Sold November 1981 to Nippon Caribbean Shipping Co, Tokyo (registered owner Biman Shipping Co. S.A., Panama; operators Empresa Navegacion Mambisa, Havana), renamed “Ruby Islands” (Maltese flag)
Registered ownership transferred to Golden Comet Navigation Co. Ltd., Panama
Sold 1990 to Alaminos Shipping Co. Ltd., Limassol, Cyprus (manager Naviera Poseidon, Havana), renamed “Alaminos”
1998: “Irina” (Belize flag)
2000: “Enos” (St. Vincent & Grenadines flag)
2001 March: sold for scrapping at at Chittagong, Bangladesh