Name: | APSHERON |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 16/02/1976 |
Completed: | 06/07/1976 |
Builder: | Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 71 |
Dimensions: | 32040dwt, 19614grt, 11035nrt, 161.53 x 25.76 x 14.99metres |
Engines: | Oil engine, 2SA, Sulzer type, 6cyl (760 x 1550mm), 12000bhp |
Engines by: | Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd, Whiteinch, Glasgow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 15.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
06/07/1976 | USSR Novorossiysk Shipping Co, Novorossiysk |
1991 | Fenix Maritime Co Ltd, Valletta |
2004 | Mieza Shipping, Monrovia |
2007 | Registered at Batumi |
2007 | Renamed MING XI JU |
20/07/2007 | Broken up |
Comments: | 16/02/1976: Launched as ROBKAP II for Nikreis Maritime (Cayman) Co Ltd |
2007: Renamed MING XI JU for delivery to the breakers | |
20/07/2007: Arrived at Alang for breaking up |
Above photo as ROBKAP II is copyright of Norman Dunn
Above photo as ROBKAP II is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as APSHERON is copyright of Ron Mapplebeck
Above photo as APSHERON is copyright of Pieter Melissen
Above photo as APSHERON is copyright of Phil English
Above photo as APSHERON, dated 14/05/1991, is copyright of Michael Green
Above photo as APSHERON, dated 14/05/1991, is copyright of Michael Green
Above photo as APSHERON is copyright of Tony Frost
Above photo as APSHERON is copyright of Marcelo Vieira