Magga Dan
Ahoy,
Name: MAGGA DAN 1956
Company:Lauritzen[Denmark]
1,957 tons
245' x 45'
12 knots motorship single screw
Built Aalborg
One of the line's "polar fleet" built for commercial
operation in high latitudes
36 passengers
Used in Fuch's Trans-Antarctic expedition of 1956-8;this was her maiden voyage.
1970 became S.NICOLAU[Ascension Inc.-Monrovia],converted into whale catcher
1976 renamed CALULO[Ascension Inc.-Panama]
1981 renamed BOUVET[Initial Nav.-Panama]
1984 scrapped
Similar:
KISTA DAN 1952 [later BENJAMIN BOWRING]
BRITA DAN 1961
Magga Dan Imo 5217086
She is built in 1956 by Aalborg Vft Aalborg DK
Change name 1969 to S.Nicolau
1976 Calulo
1981 Bouvet
CV to Whale Catcher in 1970
Under arrest 1974-1976
Laid up 1982-1984
B/U in Ghent 1984