Ro/ro vehicle carrier “Nopal Argus” in the Mediterranean Sea, June 1978
Owner: Shipcar Corp., Monrovia
Manager: Øivind Lorentzen, Oslo
Operator: NOSAC (Nopal Star Auto Carriers)
Flag: Liberia
Builder: Nosenko Shipyard, Nikolayev, Ukraine (Hull-207)
Gross tons: 7,340
Deadweight: 6,015
Length overall: 169.6 m
Max. draft: 8,306
Engine: 8-cylinder B&W diesel, 12,000 b.h.p., by Bryansk Engine Works, USSR
Speed: 18 knots
Completed September 1960 as general cargo ship “Nopal Argus” (7,626 gross tons) for A/S Sobral (manager Øivind Lorentzen)
Converted to ro/ro 1973 (completed October)
Ownership transferred to K/S Benargus A/S & Co., Oslo, May 1974 (same manager)
Bought by Shipcar Corp. April 1977
Renamed “Argus Carrier” November 1983
Sold 1987 to Miller Finance Inc., Monrovia, Liberia, renamed “Argus” (St Vincent & Grenadines flag)
March 1988: arrived Kaohsiung for scrapping