British shipping company Bowring Steamship Company ordered building bulk carrier atd Dutch shipyard according to the Dutch newspaper Amigoe di Curacao dated 10 November 1965

An item reported that the British shipping company Bowring Steamship Company at London ordered the building of a 15.000 ton bulk carrier at the Dutch shipyards Verolmes Verenigde Scheepswerven. She was to be delivered by the yard at Rozenburg in begin 1967.(1)

Note

1. Another Dutch newspaper De tijd dated Tuesday 10 January 1967 reported that on next Thursday a 45.000 ton bulk carrier with a length of 206 metres was to be baptized M.S. London Bridge and to be launched two days later.