Product tanker; 13,127 grt; 13,127 dwt
Operator: Liberty Ships Inc, Monrovia. Flag: Liberian
Built: 1960 by Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg-Finkenwerder, West Germany. Yard no: 755.
Main engine: seven-cylinder, two-stroke MAN K7Z 78/140 of 7,860 bhp at 115 rpm. Speed: 15 knots
Built for Petroleum Tankers Ltd, Haifa, Israel; launched as YAFO, completed as FABIO (Israeli flag); 1960-DARIEN (as photo); 1974- STOLT HIPPO (Greek flag); 1980-HIPPO
1985-to breakers at Villanueva y Geltru, Spain 21/4
Photo: 1969; inward bound for Esso, Purfleet from Fawley refinery, Southampton