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