Name: | ALBRIGHT PIONEER |
Type: | Chemical Carrier |
Launched: | 24/04/1968 |
Completed: | 10/1968 |
Builder: | Vickers Ltd |
Yard: | High Walker |
Yard Number: | 192 |
Dimensions: | 10520dwt, 6870grt, 2996nrt, 391.5 x 56.0 x 38.5ft |
Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 4SA, SR Geared, 8cyl (400 x 580mm), 4832bhp |
Engines by: | Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz, Koln |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw (CP), 1 x bow thruster, 14.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 305462; (IMO: 6815043) |
History: | |
10/1968 | Albright & Wilson Ltd (James Fisher & Sons Ltd, manager), Newcastle |
1990 | Sougerka Maritime, Piraeus; renamed BRIGHT EXPLORER |
1991 | Proteus Shipping Co Ltd, Valletta; renamed BRIGITTE |
1994 | Seamed Maritime SA, Pananma; renamed SEARAIDER |
2000 | Renamed RAIDER |
15/02/2001 | Broken up |
Comments: | Designed to carry liquid phosphorus in bulk |
Built with 4 x 1,250ton tanks with heated water jackets to contain the phosphorus | |
1990: Converted into a traditional dry cargo ship | |
15/02/2001: Broken up at Aliaga |
Above photo as ALBRIGHT PIONEER is copyright of Peter Crichton
Above photo as ALBRIGHT PIONEER is copyright of Paul Strathdee
Above photo as ALBRIGHT PIONEER is copyright of Dr Allan Ryszka-Onions
Above photo as BRIGITTE is copyright of Derek Sands