Refrigerated palletised-cargo ship “Vosges” at Ashdod, Israel, around 23rd October 1975
Owner: Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co., London
Manager: P&O General Cargo Division
Port of registry: London
Builder: Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd., South Shields
Gross tons: 6,088
Deadweight: 6,634
Length overall: 132.24 m
Max. draft: 8.372 m
Engine: 6-cylinder Doxford diesel, 12,000 b.h.p., by Doxford & Sunderland Ltd., Sunderland
Speed: 18 knots
The last ship to be ordered by British India S.N. Co.
Completed November 1972 as “Zira” for P&O. Chartered to Crusader Line for their Japan/New Zealand service
Taken off Crusader Line charter & renamed “Vosges” September 1975
Placed on charter to Agrexco, Israel, October 1975; employed on Ashdod/Marseille service (& later other European ports)
Lengthened at Officine Marittime S.p.A., Genoa; gross tonnage increased to 6,406 & overall length to 148.23 m
Registered ownership transferred to Panilette Ltd., Hong Kong, April 1984
Sold June 1986 to Ofer Brothers (Ships) Ltd., Ashdod, renamed “Galia Carmel”
Renamed “Carmel Exotic” 1996
Sold for scrapping at Alang, India, May 2004