MT Frans Suell

History
Name	Frans Suell (1958–1963); Orion (1963–1968); Horizon (1968–1972); Atheninan Horizon (1972–1982);
Owner	Rederi AB Malmoil (1958–1963); Rederi AB Bellis (1963–1968); Hemisphere SS Corp. (1968–1972); Athenian Oil Tankers Co. (1972–1982);
Builder	Kockums, Malmö
Yard number	433
Launched	25 August 1958
Completed	19 November 1958
Identification	IMO number: 5120221
Fate	Arrived Pakistan for dismantling, 5 March 1982
General characteristics
Type	Oil tanker
Tonnage	12,943 GRT; 20,956 DWT; 7,707 NRT;
Length	170.01 m (557 ft 9 in)
Beam	21.95 m (72 ft 0 in)
Depth	9.72 m (31 ft 11 in)
Propulsion	8-cylinder Kockums diesel engine, 6,714 kW (9,004 hp)
Speed	15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)

MT Frans Suell was an oil tanker built in 1958, later known as Orion, Horizon and Athenian Horizon.

Ship history

The ship was built at Kockums Mekaniska Verkstad shipyard in Malmö. She was delivered on 19 September to Rederi AB Malmoil who kept her for five years, and was then sold to Rederi AB Bellis and renamed Orion. In 1968 she was sold to Liberian company Hemisphere Steamship Corp. and renamed to Horizon. She was sold again in 1972 to the Greek Athenian Oil Tankers Company who renamed her to Athenian Horizon and kept her until she was broken up at Gadani ship-breaking yard in Pakistan in 1982.^[2]

The ship was named after the famous businessman Frans Suell from Malmö.

^ "Athenian Horizon". shipspotting.com. 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
^ ^a ^b "M/T FRANS SUELL (1958)". faktaomfartyg.se (in Swedish). 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2012.