Geared Bulk Carrier
Official Number: 307650
Call Sign: GSME
Tonnages: 13,834 gross 7,242 net 20,022 deadweight.
Main Dimensions: 528 x 72.5 x 31.8 feet.
Cargo Handling: Fitted with two electric cranes of 7.5 tons SWL and one derrick of 8 tons SWL suitable for grab
handling.
Engine: Sulzer 6 cylinder 6RD 76 oil engine built by John Brown & Co. Ltd. 9,600 bhp 15 knots.
May 1966: Completed by John Brown & Co. Ltd. (Clydebank) for their Ship owning subsidiary William Dennison Ltd.
Bareboat chartered to Lyle Shipping Co. Ltd. Glasgow for 15 years.
1968: Management to Scottish Ship Management Ltd., Glasgow.
1972: November Sold to Whitwell, Cole & Co. Ltd. British flag. Handed over at Gothenburg and converted to a
cement carrier, renamed CORNISH WASA.
1977: Sold to Caspar Shipping Inc. Monrovia, Liberian flag, renamed CASPARIA.
1980: Sold to Slabodna Plovidba, Yugoslavia flag, renamed JEZERA.
1984: Suffered a severe fire in the engine room whilst at Murmansk. Towed to Santander, Spain for scrapping.
Work commenced 2nd April.
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