Oil tanker “Athenian Horizon” in the Bay of Bengal, August 1979
Owner: Athenial Oil Tankers Co S.A., Panama
Manager: M.X. Kiryakou
Flag: Greece
Builder: Kockums Mekaniska Verkstad Ab, Malmö. Sweden (Hull-433)
Gross tons: 12,943
Deadweight: 20,956
Length overall: 170.0 m
Max. draft: 9.73 m
Engine: 8-cylinder diesel, 9,000 b.h.p., by builders
Service speed: 15.5 knots
Completed November 1958 as “Frans Suell” for Rederi AB Malmoil, Sweden
Sold 1963 to Rederi AB Bellis, Sweden, renamed “Orion”
Sold 1968 to Hemisphere Steamship Corp., Monrovia, renamed “Horizon”
Bought 1972 by Athenian Oil Tankers
Sold March 1982 for scrapping at Gadani Beach, Pakistan