MT PALVA (OGJU, LR 6409442) Valmistunut/Completed 1964.10, Rauma, Rauma-Repola Oy. Shipyard no. 142.
15 622 / 16 782 / 16 257 dwt, 6 650 bhp, 163.64 x 20.03, x 8.96/9.17 m. Sistership TERVI.
1964.10: PALVA, homeport Naantali, Neste Oy 1965.12.10: PALVA, collision with ss DIANA (Rederi Ab Nordfart) in Vidskär. Both ships damaged. 1968.1.20: PALVA, explosion and fire in bow section at Baltic Sea. Russian salvage tug HERMES rescued 39 sailors from the lifeboats. Pumpman disappeared. Damaged PALVA towed to Tallin. 1969.5.1: PALVA, grounded north of Utö. Part of the oil cargo discharged into the sistership TERVI. 5th May PALVA floated and proceeded to Kiel for docking. 1970.1.3: PALVA, bottom contact in Kustaanmiekka, Helsinki. Leakage 1980: PALVA, early eighties bottom contact off Göteborg. Oil cargo for Greenland was discharged by sister ship TERVI.
1984.9: VITORIA, Falcon Nav Inc, Panama. 1986: Falcon Nav Inc Andros, Greece.
1987.6.23: VITORIA, enroute Rouen Le Havre on the river Seine in ballast the Japanese tanker FUYOH MARU collided into midships. VITORIA exploded and fire broke out. The French pilot, master and four crewmembers died. Other crew of 22 sailors were rescued.
Palva is an island near Naantali.