SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK

Name NORTH ISLANDS
Type 'SD King 15' type cargo ship
Yard Number 1360
Launched 15/10/1986 .... the last launch from the South Bank shipyard
Completed 02/1987
Off. Number  
Engine builder Clark-Kincaid, Greenock
Engine type Sulzer 2SA 5cyl.
GRT 8996
Length (feet) 472.5
Beam (feet) 67.2
First owner North Islands Shipping Co. Ltd., Limassol (Empresa Navegacion Mambisa, Havana)
   
History 1994 managers Naviera Poseidon, Havana
   
Fate 07/09/1997 wrecked off Llollea near San Antonio, Chile and broke in two.

Next four photos by Michael Green ...

On the stocks on 30/9/1986

and launching on 15/10/1986

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