Name: | HIMMERLAND |
Type: | Bulk Carrier |
Launched: | 23/05/1967 |
Completed: | 10/1967 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 620 |
Dimensions: | 15374grt, 8955nrt, 580.2 x 75.4 x 33.2ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 2SA, Burmeister & Wain type, 6cyl (740 x 1600mm), 9900bhp |
Engines by: | Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 15.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a; (IMO: 6717265) |
History: | |
10/1967 | A/S Det Danske-Franske D/S, Copenhagen |
1977 | Sonmez Denizcilik ve TAS, Istanbul; renamed TURKIYE |
1988 | Vastship Nav SA, Panama; renamed VAST START |
1989 | OMS Pioneer Shipping SA, Panama; renamed VAST PIONEER |
1989 | Fairwind Maritime Co Ltd, Valletta; renamed FAIRWIND |
28/02/1991 | Sank |
Comments: | 26/02/1991: Hit a submerged object in the Red Sea |
28/02/1991: Sank in the Red Sea | |
On a voyage from Novorossiysk to Indonesia with a cargo of pig iron |
Above photo as HIMMERLAND is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo as HIMMERLAND is courtesy of John Bage
Above photo as HIMMERLAND is courtesy of the Museet for Søfart
Above photo as HIMMERLAND is courtesy of the Museet for Søfart
Above photo as HIMMERLAND is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as HIMMERLAND is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as TURKIYE is copyright of Joerg Seyler