MV BOOKER VIKING

MV Booker Viking
(I took the above photograph on my Kodak Instamatic from the stern of a launch while she was anchored at St Kitts WI, around 1968)

 

Built:	1967
Builder:	Fredrikststad Ship Yard Norway.
Propulsion:	Single-screw motorship. 6 Cylinder Sulzer engine, single screw giving.
Tonnage:	5,383GRT
Speed:	15.5 Knots
Comments:	The Booker Vanguard proved so successful in service that a sister ship was ordered four years later and no significant changes were made in her design. The Booker Viking was built in Norway for reason of price and delivery and was delivered in June 1967. She was sold in 1979 to Qatar Navigation Company Qatar and renamed Al Amirah. She was broken up at Gadani Beach 19.2.1986. . MV Booker Viking