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Name: THORSEGGEN
Type: Newsprint Carrier
Launched: 16/09/1982
Completed: 07/1983
Builder: Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd
Yard: Wallsend Yard
Yard Number: 117
Dimensions: 14578grt, 9125nrt, 18567dwt, 165.8 x 25.1 x 8.2(draft)m
Engines: Oil engine, 2SA, B&W type, 4cyl (670 x 1700mm), 6730bhp
Engines by: JG Kincaid & Co Ltd, Greenock
Propulsion: 1 x Screw; 15.0knots
Reg Number: 398261; (IMO: 8116063)
History:
1983 Investors in Industry PLC (Maeadalen Ltd), Newcastle
1987 3i plc, Newcastle
1995 Norsk Pacific Steamship Co Ltd, Nassau
2008 BM Shipping Group SpA, Nassau; renamed BM PRIDE
2010 Registered at Panama
2012 Registered at Moroni; renamed PRIDE
09/03/2012 Broken up
Comments: 09/03/2012: Arrived at Mumbai for breaking up
21/03/2012: Breaking up commenced by Bansal Infracon


Above photo as THORSEGGEN is copyright of Susan Henderson

Above photo as THORSEGGEN is copyright of Susan Henderson

Above photo as THORSEGGEN, dated 03/10/1982, is copyright of Dennis Maccoy

Above photo as THORSEGGEN is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as THORSEGGEN is courtesy of Ian Rae

Above photo as THORSEGGEN is courtesy of John Bage

Above photo as THORSEGGEN is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as BM PRIDE is copyright of Martin Klingsick

Profile & Decks plans copyright of the Motor Ship. Click HERE to enlarge

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