Built as a tanker under yard no 652 by Koyo Dockyard Co., Minara, Japan, for Takebayashi Kisen KK, Yuasacho.
10 August 1972 launched under the name CHOYO MARU.
Tonnage 6.183 gross, 4.097 net, 10.200 dwt. Dim. 129.52 x 17.56 x 9.50m (draught).
One diesel engine 5.400 hp., speed 13.5 knots.
1978 Sold to Empresa Nacional Petroleos de Mozambique E.E. Petromoc, Maputo. Renamed MATCHEDJE.
1985 Sold to Afmar Shipping Ltd., Limassol, Cyprus, renamed in GOLDEN CONDOR.
The same year already sold to Bryony Shipping Corp., Panama, renamed ALEXIA II.
1988 Sold to Wehrle Holding Inc., Panama, renamed WHITE TULIP.
1989 Sold to Bakri Nav. Co. Ltd., Saudi Arabia, renamed BAKRI AL MADINAH XVI.
1995 Renamed in AL-HAIJRA.
1989 Sold to Minot Nav. S.A. Panama and renamed LORRAINE.
April 2003 was reported that she was sold by her Panamanian owners to Indian shipbreakers.
Mozambique 1981 50c sg915, scott?
Marine News 1999/284. 2003/434