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Name: SINGULARITY
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 17/03/1977
Completed: 16/06/1977
Builder: Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 594
Dimensions: 4156dwt, 1597grt, 1057nrt, 83.19 x 14.20 x 8.56metres
Engines: Vee oil engine, 4SA, 2 x 8cyl (225 x 300mm), 2790bhp
Engines by: Alpha-Diesel A/S, Frederikshavn
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 377323; (IMO: 7610050)
History:
1977 FT Everard & Sons Ltd, London
1986 Montemare di Navigazione, Naples, renamed SINGOLARITA
1996 Russet Trading, renamed SINGULARITY
2002 Suncyp Shipping
2003 Golden Pride Co, Nakhodka, Russia
2016 Transatlantic Shipping Service Ltd, Cambodia ; renamed ALFA
2016 Transferred to the Registry of Togo
2016 Broken up
Comments: Subcontracted from Goole Shipbuilders, part of the Swan Hunter Group
The Yard Number belongs to the Goole Shipbuilders' series
She was the last ship to be built at the South Shields yard
Delivered just before the industry was nationalised in July 1977
22/08/2016: Aground 54m SSE of Yeosu, South Korea
On a voyage from Nakhodka to China with a cargo of timber
Subsequently taken to Gamcheon Port, Busan for breaking up


Above photo, dated 14/05/1977, is copyright of Dennis Maccoy

Above photo, dated 14/05/1977, is copyright of Dennis Maccoy

Above photo is copyright of Charlie Hill

Above photo is copyright of Charlie Hill

Above photo as SINGULARITY is courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above photo as ALFA, dated 07/01/2017, is courtesy of Shipspotting's Iappino