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Name: LAGOVEN QUIRIQUIRE
Type: Tanker
Launched: 12/10/1977
Completed: 06/1978
Builder: Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd
Yard: Hebburn Yard
Yard Number: 79
Dimensions: 19209grt, 10973nrt, 32136dwt, 171.0 x 25.8 x 11.3(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, 15.5knots
Reg Number: n/a; (IMO: 7343229)
History:
06/1978 Lagoven SA, Maracaibo
1993 PDV Marina SA, Maracaibo; renamed QUIRIQUIRE
1995 Gulf Sultan SHIPPINg Co Ltd, Limassol; renamed QUIRI
2003 Vener Shipping Ltd, Panama renamed GLOBAL STAR
2005 Renamed WESTOCEAN
2007 Renamed OCEAN
22/04/2007 Broken up
Comments: 2005: Converted into a vegetable oil tanker
22/04/2007: Arrived at Chittagong for breaking up


Above photo as LAGOVEN QUIRIQUIRE is courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above photo as LAGOVEN QUIRIQUIRE is courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above photo as LAGOVEN QUIRIQUIRE is courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above photo as WESTOCEAN is copyright of Vladimir Knyaz

Above photo as WESTOCEAN is copyright of Vladimir Knyaz