SS Frosta
Frosta at launch | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Norway | |
| Namesake | Frosta Municipality, Norway |
| Owner | James Carson |
| Builder | Bremer Vulcan |
| Launched | 27 July 1960 |
| Decommissioned | 1979 |
| In service | 1961 |
| Identification | IMO number: 5122023 |
| Fate | Scrapped 13 March 1979 |
| General characteristics | |
| 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.