NOVA SCOTIA / TROPIC / BOOKER VALIANT / ARAB DABBOR

BUILT AS THE 'NOVA SCOTIA'  FOR THE WARREN LINE IN 1964.HER OFFICIAL NUMBER WAS 6501305. SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 7,400 TONNES AND WAS A CARGO / PASSENGER SHIP.

SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO SHAW SAVILL AND ALBION IN 1973 AND RE-NAMED 'TROPIC'.

IN 1974 SHE WAS CHARTERED TO MESSAGERIES MARITIMES AND ASSUMED HER ORIGINAL NAME OF NOVA SCOTIA

IN 1978 SHE WAS CHARTERED BY THE BOOKER LINE AND RE-NAMED BOOKER VALIANT.

IN 1980 SHE WAS SOLD TO A SAUDI ARABIAN FIRM AND RE-NAMED ARAB DABBOR.

THE WARREN LINE HAD BEEN FORMED IN 1922 ( IT HAD STARTED AS THE WHITE DIAMOND LINE BACK IN 1857 ) IN 1934 THEY TOOK OVER THE JOHNSTON LINE & NEPTUNE STEAM NAV CO AND FORMED THE JOHNSTON-WARREN LINE. FURNESS WITHY HAD HAD A CONTROLLING INTEREST IN THE COMPANY SINCE 1912.

 AFTER 1947 THEY OFFICIALLY WERE KNOWN AS THE FURNESS-WARREN LINE.BUT STILL SEEMED TO BE REFERRED TO AS THE JOHNSTON-WARREN LINE.