SS Frosta
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Namesake | The village of Frosta |
Owner | James Carson |
Builder | Bremer Vulcan |
Launched | 27 July 1960 |
Decommissioned | 1979 |
In service | 1961 |
Identification | IMO number : 5122023 |
Fate | Scrapped 13 March 1979 |
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Tonnage | 36,010 tonnes deadweight (DWT) |
Length | 202 m (664 ft) |
Beam | 27 m (90 ft) |
Draught | 22,586 t |
Propulsion | 12 MW |
SS Frosta was a Norwegian oil tanker , built in 1961 in Germany by Bremer Vulcan and owned by A/S J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi of Bergen , Norway. The Frosta was 664 feet in length, 90 feet in breadth, with a gross weight of 22,850 tons, and powered by a steam turbine engine, rated at 16,800 horsepower. It was rebuilt as a chemical tanker in 1971. It was decommissioned in 1979. [ citation needed ]
Ferry disaster
The MV George Prince ferry disaster occurred on the morning of 20 October 1976. The ferry George Prince was struck by the SS Frosta , which was traveling upriver on the Mississippi River . The collision occurred at mile post 120.8 above Head of Passes , less than three-quarters of a mile from the construction site of the bridge that would replace the ferry 7 years later. The ferry was crossing from Destrehan, Louisiana on the East Bank to Luling, Louisiana on the West Bank. SS Frosta was sailing from Rotterdam , the Netherlands , on 4 October, bound for Baton Rouge, Louisiana . Ninety-six passengers and crew were aboard the ferry when it was struck, and 78 people lost their lives.
External links
- Defense Technical Information Center - Marine Casualty Report. SS FROSTA, M/V GEORGE PRINCE; Collision in the Mississippi River on 20 October 1976. [ dead link ]
- NTSB Report Number: MAR-79-04, adopted on 3/22/1979: Luling Destrehan Ferry M/V George Prince Collision with the Tanker SS Frosta on the Mississippi River, 20 October 1976
- A/S J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi, ship history
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