General cargo ship “Simoa” at Kobe, Japan, October 1972
Owner: Skibs-A/S Akersviken, Oslo
Manager: Torvald Klaveness, Oslo
Port of registry: Oslo, Norway
Builder: Deutsche Werft AG, Hsamburg, West Germany
Gross tons: 10,442
Deadweight: 15,498 (contemporary LR book; other sources give 14,906)
Length overall: 157.2 m
Max. draft: 9.01 m
Engines: 2 x MAN 6-cylinder diesels, total 6,360 b.h.p., by MAN Werk Hamburg; single screw.
Service speed: 14.5 knots
Completed July 1959
(Confusingly, Klaveness ordered a ship from Mitsubishi H.I., Kobe, that was launched in May 1959 as “Simoa” but delivered 3 months later as “Cape of Good Hope”)
Sold January 1976 to Tolla Cia. Nav. S.A., Greece, renamed “Parga” (manager Panmarine Shipping Corp.)
Sold 1984 to San Pedro Cia. Nav. S.A., Honduras, renamed “Parka” (manager J. & S. Gianniotis, Greece)
Sold December 1984 for scrapping at Shanghai