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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