SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK
| Name | SOUTHERN TRUCE |
| Type | Whaler |
| Yard Number | 1136 |
| Launched | 09/07/1945 |
| Completed | 08/1945 |
| Off. Number | 167042 |
| Engine builder | Shipbuilder |
| Engine type | T. 3 cyl. |
| GRT | 364 |
| Length (feet) | 138.6 |
| Beam (feet) | 26.3 |
| First owner | The South Georgia Company (Chr. Salvesen & Co.), Leith |
| History | 1963 Bernt Berntsen, Stavanger |
| 1967 LOVISA, same owner, converted to motor cargo vessel, 389grt | |
| 1970 lengthened to 172 feet, 463grt | |
| 1971 STONG, Henrik Pedersen, Kopervik | |
| 1973 INGMAR, Ingvar Pedersen Partrederi, Kopervik | |
| 1976 IVO, P/R Asbjorn Valestrand, Haugesund | |
| 1978 FAMITO, P/R Famita (Kare Misje & Co.), Bergen and rebuilt into a rig standby vessel | |
| 1983 TAMITO, Tamis Ltd., Aberdeen | |
| 1988 Peninsula Shipping, Aberdeen | |
| 1990 Henry Krampitz, Koln | |
| Fate | 1993 reported stripped at Dunkirk. |
SOUTHERN TRUCE as IVO in Sharpness, July 1977, by Mike Nash
SOUTHERN TRUCE as FAMITO
(First picture, in Tees Dock, July 1981, by Ron Mapplebeck)
SOUTHERN TRUCE as TAMITO sailing from Aberdeen in May 1974, from collection of Mike Green
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