FORMOSA FIVE - Monrovia, Liberia       Call sign - ELOA5     IMO number - 8916255     Owner - Formosa Plastics Marine Corporation, Taiwan Location - Photographed while she was underway at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada     Photograph Date - 25 April 1995     Photographer - Ron Brown - Willem VanMaanen's collection     Added to archive - 17 Feb 2003     Last updated - 19 Feb 2003

SHIP'S HISTORY   Buidling began - January 1991   Keel laid - February 1991   Launched - June 1991   Delivered - November 1991   (a) Formosa Five - Liberia   As of February 2003 she was still in service

PARTICULARS   Ship type - Chemical Tanker   Gross tonnage - 19,080   Net tonnage - 10,063   Deadweight tonnage - 35,652   L.O.A. - 174.92 meters   L.B.P. - 167.00 meters   Width overall - 30.0 meters   Width moulded - 30.0 meters   Draught - 10.53 meters   Depth - 14.20 meters

CONSTRUCTION   Yard name - Shin Kurushima Dockyard Co. Ltd.   Country - Onishi, Japan   Hull number - 2698   Engine builder - Kobe Hatsudoki K.K., Tarami, Japan   Number of engines - 1   Engine types - Mitsubishi 6UEC60LA diesel   Horsepower - 12,300 bhp (9,047 kW)   Speed - 15.5 knots   Bow/stern thuster hp - none

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION - Former owners, managers, accidents, conversions, cargoes, voyages, sightings or corrections etc - Viewer contributions * Formosa Five has operated under this name since her construction for the Formosa Plastics Transport Corporation, Taiwan (Formosa Plastics Marine Corp., manager) Information sources - Fairplay Internet Ship Register, Lloyds Registers & Marine News - The World Ship Society Additional information - Sylvia Masson - Quebec, Canada