Norwegian shipyards building fishing vessels for Ghana according to the Commercial Fisheries Review dated January 1965 No. 1

An item reported that the first of seven large stern trawlers to be built in Norway was accepted by Ghana on the in West Norway located shipyard. With a lenght of 231 feet had she a deep freeze daily capacity of 24 tons fish and 35,000 cubic feet refrigerated storage space. The diesels with a horsepower of 1,960 bhp and reversible screws allowed a speed of 14.5 knots. Fuel bunker capacity 60 days. Another 4 trawlers were already launched. 17 Ghanaians were during 11 months starting middle October 1964 trained at Oslo as engineers. The Norwegian Agency for International Development (NORAD) participated in training enginers and deck officers.