"OOSTZEE"

foto : Chris Jones

foto : J. Pottinger

1953 OOSTZEE, 1970 VIKING

Registered: IMO 5263815 /(PHL) ON 213208
497 GRT, 79 NRT, L48,62m(45,22), B8,84m, D4,566m(4,96)
diesel 4tew 6cyl MAN, 1300bhp-2000ihp, sp 14kn

1952 -04/09: Launched by "J. & K. Smit's Scheepswerven NV" at Kinderdijk (YN 833)
1953 -15/01: delivered to "L. Smit & Co's Internationale Sleepdienst Maatschappij" at Rotterdam (call sign PGNQ)
1970 -xx/07: To "Luzon Stevedoring Corp" at Manilla (PHL), renamed VIKING (ON 213208, call sign DVLW)
1978 -29/09: reported missing whilst towing barge SINA/KAO Singapore to Kaohsiung, after reporting leakage, 200 miles south of Hong Kong during typhoon 'Lola'