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NORDIC CONQUEROR (1972)
Service dates: 1973-1980
Official number: 358611
Shipping lines: ANGLO NORDIC SHIPPING
Ship type:
Ore/Oil Carrier.
Career
- 04.05.1972
- Launched.
- 09.1972
- Completed as Naess Ambassador for Anglo Eastern Bulkships Ltd (Denholm Ship Management Ltd, managers).
- 05.07.1973
- The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company acquired an interest in the owners (renamed Anglo Nordic Shipping Ltd).
- 1974
- Renamed Nordic Conqueror.
- Later
- Ownership transferred to Norman Shipping Co Ltd. Management transferred to Anglo Nordic Bulkships (Management) Ltd. Registry transferred to Monrovia, Liberia; official number 6142; call sign D5AT.
- 01.12.1980
- Sold as a ‘going’ ship to Core Combination Carriers. Renamed Cast Narwhal.
- 1983
- Renamed Castor.
- 27.02.1986
- Struck while 40 nautical miles south of Kharg Island. Two of her crew died.
- 16.06.1986
- Broken up at Kaohsiung, Taiwan.