Name: | BEGONIA |
Type: | Bulk Carrier |
Launched: | 03/09/1977 |
Completed: | 05/1978 |
Builder: | Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd |
Yard: | Walker Yard, High Walker |
Yard Number: | 88 |
Dimensions: | 16329grt, 10687nrt, 26741dwt, 182.9 x 23.3 x 10.4(draft) metres |
Engines: | Oil engine, 2SA, Sulzer type, 6cyl (760 x 1550mm), 12000bhp |
Engines by: | Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd, Whiteinch, Glasgow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 16.0knots |
Reg Number: | 364016; (IMO: 7343310) |
History: | |
05/1978 | Stag Line Ltd, North Shields |
1983 | Southbulk Shipping Pte Ltd, Singapore; renamed TIMUR SWALLOW |
1985 | Peneus Shipping Corp, Limassol; renamed JENNIFER JANE |
1996 | Renamed OLIVER SPIRIT |
1999 | Ordiana Shipping Co Ltd, Limassol; renamed FELIX |
2001 | Unknown owners; renamed ELI |
29/12/2001 | Broken up |
Comments: | 15/06/2001: Fire damaged 60 miles off Las Palmas |
29/12/2001: Beached at Aliaga for breaking up |
Above photo, showing BEGONIA taking shape on the berth, is copyright of Graeme Hanson
Above photo as BEGONIA courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as BEGONIA courtesy of A Collins
Above photo as JENNIFER JANE copyright of Anthony Frost
Above photo as JENNIFER JANE copyright of Derek Sands
Above photo as JENNIFER JANE copyright of Fred Miller II
Above photo as JENNIFER JANE, dated 25/06/1996, is copyright of Michael Green