M/S Canada

M/S Canada II (SKOA)

Registration number: 9418

Built at Kockums Shipyard as newbuilding 310. She was delivered in July 1953. Canada could take 1.400 tons bunker in her doublebottomtanks. Canada was equipped with two Kockum-MAN 7-cylinder two - stroke double-acting dieselengine D7Z 72/120A on 16.400 i.h.p. She have seven hatches and ten 3-tons Asea deck cranes and four 5-tons cranes. She has an whole welded hull and built as an open shelterdecker, from the beginning she was planished to go as an closed shelterdecker. In 1963 she was modernised at Aalborg Vaerft A/S and rebuild for havey fuel oil and the hatches was rebuild with Mac Gregor hatch covers. She was uplaid in Gothenburg from August 1966 and she was sold to United Shipping Management, Liberia in the summer 1977and renamed to United Vision. Sold for scrapping, she arrived at Taiwan Ship Scrap Co.Ltd., Kaohsiung, Taiwan in December 1978 for dismantling. The scrapping was commenced 13 February 1979. She was on 9000 Dw.ton and had a speed at 22,6 knots. Canadas first commander was G. Dahlqvist and chiefengineer S. Strandberg.