PETUNIA

1956 Built as motor tanker ASTRID NAESS by Nederlandsche Dok & S.B.Mij., Amsterdam (479) for Nederlandsche Norness Scheepsv.Mij. N.V., Amsterdam. Delivered with a N.D.S.M.-Stork diesel motor, 2-stroke/single acting. 8-cylinder, 8.400 BHP main engine. Speed 15,5 knots. 1960 Sold/taken over by Herness Shipping Co.A/S (Sig. Herlofson & Co.A/S), Oslo. Name unchanged. Main engine replaced by a Krupp-B&W, 2-stroke/single acting, 7-cylinder, 8.500 BHP engine. Built by Fried.Krupp, Essen. Speed redused to abt.14,5 knots 1970 Sold to I/S Petunia (Svend Foyn Bruun), Tønsberg. Renamed PETUNIA. Home port, Tønsberg. 1975 Arrived Tønsberg for layup on 04/06-1975. 1977 Sold to A/S Andenæshus (Fekete & Co), Tønsberg. Renamed ANDTUN. Still in layup mode. 1979 Arrived Bilbao, Spain on 10/03-1979 under tow from Tønsberg for breaking.