salen_sea_sovereign

Off.no: 11099	Build: 1969	Shipyard: Kockums M.V. AB, Malmö, Sweden.
Dwt: 210.000	Grt: 107.286	Nrt:
Speed: 16 knots	Yard no: 518	Dim: 316,10 x 48,80 x 24,50 m.

1969: Delivered to Salénrederierna AB, Stockholm Sweden as SEA SOVEREIGN.
1977: Sold to Pimmerton Shipping Ltd., Liberia and renamed SOUTH SUN.
1979: Sold to Oxford Shipping, Liberia and renamed SALEM.
17/1 1980: Sank off the coast of Senegal in a pos. 12.38 N, 18.34 W during a voyage from Mena al Ahmadi. At the time a certain amount of mystery surrounded her loss and it is also reported that under the name "LEMA" she had called at Durban during Dec. 1979 and discharged the cargo of oil that she had loaded at Mena al Ahmadi.