General cargo ship “14 Ramadhan” leaving Kuwait, March 1980
Owner: Government of Republic of Iraq
Manager: Iraqi State Enterprise for Maritime Transportation
Flag: Iraq
Builder: Hitachi Zosen, Sakurajima (Osaka)
Gross tons: 5,701
Deadweight: 8,092
Length overall: 126.5 m
Max. draft: 7.881
Engine: 6-cylinder B&W diesel, 5,400 b.h.p., by builders
Service speed: 15.5 knots
Completed 1962 as “Kassim”; named after Abdul Karim Kassim, the then Prime Minister of Iraq.
Renamed “14 Ramadhan” in 1963, after the the overthrow of Prime Minister Kassim on February 8 (14 Ramadhan) of that year
From the usual websites it seems she had 3 name changes (“Basrah Sun”, “Blue Horizon” & “Horizon”) in 1990, with her final flag being that of Saint Vincent & the Grenadines.
Sold for scrapping at Gadani Beach, Pakistan, January 1991