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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
GLADYS BOWATER |
300820 |
GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1958 |
27/08/1958 |
09/01/1959 |
Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Cargo
| Steel Motor Vessel |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
William Denny & Bros, Dumbarton |
Leven Yard |
1494 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
4045 grt / 2081 nrt / |
325 ft 0 in |
50 ft 3 in |
24 ft 0 in |
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Engine builder |
William Denny & Bros, Dumbarton |
Engine detail |
6-cyl. 2 S.C.S.A. (600 x 1040mm) Sulzer 6RD60 type oil engine 2,700 BHP. 12 kts. |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
Bowater Steamship Company Ltd. - Furness Withy & Company Ltd., London |
London |
09/01/1959 |
Other names |
1972 GIGI - 1976 AGINOR - 1977 ALEXANDRA - 1985 LAMYAA |
Subsequent owner and registration history |
1963 managers Cayzer, Irvine & Company Ltd. 1972 Oil Enterprises Corp., Monrovia 02/1976 Aginor Shipping Corp., Monrovia 1977 Landami Compania Naviera S.A., - Stavrou Management Cia. S.A., Greece. 1985 Likaab Trading Company, Honduras |
Vessel history |
19/08/1957 Keel laid 01/1977 Suffered a fire off N. Africa and was abandoned. Fire extinguished and vessel subsequently repaired and returned to service. |
Remarks |
Pulpwood / gen Cargo |
End year |
Fate / Status |
1985 |
Broken Up 09/10/1985 |
Disposal Detail |
09/10/1985 Arrived at Gadani Beach for breaking. 10/10/1985 Capricorn Enterprises Ltd., commenced work. |
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GLADYS BOWATER
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GLADYS BOWATER
Image courtesy of : Old Ship Picture Galleries
http://www.photoship.co.uk
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GLADYS BOWATER Tilbury 19/05/1967
Image courtesy of : Malcolm Cranfield
ho.uk
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As ALEXANDRA
Image courtesy of : Harold Appleyard
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