Livestock carrier “Al Kaleej” arriving at Doha, Qatar, June 1979
Owner: Livestock Transport & Trading Co. K.S.C., Kuwait
Flag: Kuwait
Builder: AB Öresundsvarvet, Landskrona, Sweden
Gross tons: 10,304
Deadweight: 10,208
Length overall: 170.84 m
Engine: 8-cylinder diesel, 11,200 b.h.p., by AB Götaverken, Sweden
Service speed: 19.5 knots
Capacity: c.33,000 sheep
Completed May 1965 as refrigerated cargo ship “White Ocean” (9,038 gross tons, 152.36 m l.o.a.) for Trelleborgs Ångfartygs AB, Trelleborg, Sweden
Bought May 1975 by Livestock T&T; arrived Hongkong United Dockyard's Taikoo Yard same month, completed conversion to livestoch carrier in November & renamed “Al Khaleej” (8,883 tons gross, capacity c.18,000 sheep).
Lengthened at the same yard July-December 1978 by insertion of a new 18-m mid-section
Sold for scrapping at Alang, India, June 2003