Name: | SHEAF FIELD |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 11/11/1970 |
Completed: | 03/1971 |
Builder: | Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 37 |
Dimensions: | 15037dwt, 9372grt, 6743nrt, 135.64 x 21.65 x 11.66metres |
Engines: | Oil engine, 2SA, Doxford type, 4cyl (580 x 1850mm), 6000bhp |
Engines by: | Doxford & Sunderland Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 14.25knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 337365; (IMO: 7035341) |
History: | |
03/1971 | Sheaf Steam Shipping Co Ltd (WA Souter & Co Ltd), Newcastle |
1976 | Wm Thomson & Co |
1979 | Ashton Shipping Corp, Piraeus; renamed MOUNT DIRFYS |
1983 | Renamed ULTIMA |
1985 | Efxinos Shipping Co Ltd, Monrovia; renamed FIDELITY |
1985 | Kirin Shipping Co, Limassol |
1988 | Unknown owner, Kingstown; renamed IDEL |
28/09/1988 | Broken up |
Comments: | 01/1988: Major engine trouble at Durban. Un-economical to repair |
On a voyage from Takoradi to Japan | |
Renamed IDEL for voyage to the breakers yard | |
28/09/1988: Broken up at Chittagong, Bangladesh |
Above photo as SHEAF FIELD is courtesy of George Robinson
Above photo as SHEAF FIELD is copyright of Mike Griffiths
Above photo as SHEAF FIELD is courtesy of John Bage
Above photo as MOUNT DIRFYS is copyright of Chris Howell
Above photo as MOUNT DIRFYS is copyright of Chris Howell