FURNESS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LTD., HAVERTON HILL

Name NAESS LOUISIANA
Type Sulphur tanker
Yard Number 518
Launched 10/06/1964
Completed 10/1964
Off. Number 306173
Engine builder Sulzer Bros., Winterthur
Engine type 2SCSA 6 cyl.
GRT 18780
Length (feet) 620
Beam (feet) 85
First owner Sulphur Carriers Ltd. (Naess Denholm & Co.), London
   
History 1974 renamed NORDIC LOUISIANA
  1988 Swordfish Shipping Co. (Denholm Ship Management)
  1992 Sulphur Carriers Inc., Vanuatu
  1997 Sameer Inc., Panama
   
Fate 21/01/1997 arrived at Chittagong for breaking

With original grey hull

Photo from Harold Appleyard

NAESS LOUISIANA as NORDIC LOUISIANA on the Tyne, photo Roy Cressey

 

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