LEONCE VIELJEUX or PIERRE VIELJEUX

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Which ship is depicted is not clear it were sister-ships both built in 1970 by the same yard, below are given from both ships the details.

LEONCE VIELJEUX:
Built as cargo vessels, partly refrigerated under yard No 268 by La Ciotat CN, La Ciotat, France for Soc. Nav. Chargeurs Delmas-Vieljeux (NCDV), Dunkirk.
25 May 1970 launched as LEONCE VIELJEUX.
Tonnage, open/closed shelterdecker 7.885/12.464 grt., 3.504/6.374 net, 10.303/15.747 dwt., dim. 171.0 x 23.86 x 7.67m. (draught). Length bpp. 158.0m.
Powered by one 6-cyl diesel engine, 17.000 bhp, speed 19 knots.
1970 Completed.

She was used in the service between France and the West Coast of Africa, with general cargo south and mostly with logs northbound.
1983 Sold to Barranco Navigation S.A., Panama and renamed BARRANCO 1.
1985 Sold to Empresa Naviere Santa S.A., Peru and renamed SANTA ROSA DE LIMA.
1993 Sold by Gatun Shipping Corp., Panama to Indian shipbreakers, and arrived off Alang on 21 May 1993.

PIERRE VIELJEUX:
Built under yard No 269 by same yard and for the same owner as her sister.
12 September 1970 launched as the PIERRE VIELJEUX.
Details are the same as her sister.
1970 Completed.

1984 Sold to Samudera Cia Naviera S.A. Greece, renamed HARAPAN.
1986 Sold to Chinese shipbreakers and she arrived at Huangpu, China on 24 April 1986.

Gabon 1982 75fr sg805, scott504.

Source: Lloyds Register and Marine News.