S.S. Atlantic Sun
Picture courtesy of The John Curdy Collection
 

Sold by Sun in 1981.

IMO No: 7389376
Owner: World-Wide Shipping (S)
Built: 5/22/1974
Type: VLCC Tanker
Status: 1981: Atlanticos; 1986: Total Loss in Iran-lrak-War; ?: Scrapped als Ticos
SubType: Crude     Flag: Monrovia    Capacity: 2,150,632 BBLs.
DWT: 259,954     Draft: 20.073   Depth:  25.58
 Builder: Kockums Mekaniska Verkstads AB., Malmö, Sweden  Yard number: 542
GT: 122,347   NETT: 107280     LOA: 340.52  BB length: 329.17
Beam: 51.87     Speed/Cons: 16/-    KW: 23872
Class: AB     Depth: 25.61     Engine Type: Kawasaki Steam
Cubic: 11,702
Scrapped: 4/1/1986
 

Subsequent History:  81 ATLANTICOS - 86 TICOS

Disposal Data:  ac/gm off Kharg Is 3/20/1986 and broken up Kaohsiung 6/27/1986

 
Click on the following pages from the "Our Sun", Autumn 1974, magazine article  (From William Curdy)

 

   
       
 

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