Name: | FORTHBANK |
Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 31/05/1973 |
Completed: | 11/1973 |
Builder: | Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 52 |
Dimensions: | 15216dwt, 11405grt, 161.68 x 22.59 x 8.38metres |
Engines: | Oil engine, 2SA, 6cyl (760 x 2186mm), 15000bhp |
Engines by: | Doxford Engines Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 18.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 360843; (IMO: 7320227) |
History: | |
11/1973 | Bank Line Ltd (A Weir & Co Ltd, managers), London |
1989 | Andrew Weir Shipping Ltd, London |
2000 | Pacific Jewel Shipping Ltd, Vanuatu; renamed PACIFIC EMERALD |
05/08/2002 | Broken up |
Comments: | 05/08/2002: Arrived at Chittagong for breaking up |
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