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Name: EMERALD
Type: Cargo ship
Launched: 10/01/1978
Completed: 04/1978
Builder: Clelands Shipbuilders Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 339
Dimensions: 1584grt, 1002nrt, 3860dwt, 91.27 x 14.58 x 5.45metres
Engines: Oil engine, 4SCSA, KMR-6, 6cyl (381 x 457mm), 330bhp
Engines by: Mirrlees, Blackstone (Stockport) Ltd, Stockport
Propulsion: 1 x Screw (controllable pitch)
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 377571
History:
04/1978 Stephenson Clarke Shipping Ltd, London
31/10/1986 Powell Duffryn Shipping Ltd (Stephenson Clarke Shipping Ltd, managers), London
1990 Transferred to Isle of Man registry
1992 Stephenson Clarke Shipping Ltd, London
09/1999 Kystbatane AS, Denmark
10/1999 Arc-Sea Shipping Ltd, (Wind Shipping ApS, managers); renamed EMERALDA
10/1999 Registered in St Vincent and The Grenadines
17/10/2003 Winc World Investments
07/2004 Irbe Redereja Sia Ltd, (Baltic Ship Management Ltd, managers)
09/2004 Renamed EMERALD; registered in Latvia
06/2005 Registered in Cambodia
07/2005 Glynde Ventures (Foster Venture Korp, managers), Russia; renamed ELEONORA
02/2006 Renamed STINGRAY
24/02/2007 Jessy Shipping Co Ltd, (Whitley Management Corp, managers); renamed TESSA
06/2007 Whitley Management Corp (Inter-Trans Co Ltd, managers), Russia
21/01/2016 Broken up
Comments: 1994: New tonnage regulations 2795grt, 1423nrt, 4300dwt
09/1999: Intended to be renamed SOLHAV
10/1999: Severe machinery damage & was initially reported as being sold for demolition
21/01/2016: Arrived at Jingjiang, China for breaking up


Above photo as EMERALD copyright of the Webmaster

Above photo as EMERALD courtesy of Clive Ketley

Above photo as Irbe Redereja's EMERALD is copyright of George Robinson