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Name |
ABEL TASMAN |
Type |
VESSEL, CARGO |
Date |
1957 |
Official Number |
196762 |
Description |
Yard Number: 860 Launched 10th September by Mrs Strangward, wife of the Director & General Manager of H. C. S. Coasters. Completed December 1957. Named after the Dutch 17th century explorer Tasman. 1973-74: Lloyds Registered to Abel Tasman Shipping Co. Pty. Ltd. Melbourne. 1977-78: Renamed GOLDEN GLOBE 1980-81: Owned by Guan Guan Shipping company, Singapore and registered from Panama. 1982: Sold to Safinatus Salem Shipping Ltd of Singapore and renamed SAM JU. 1985: Sold to Azim Shipping Ltd Singapore with Bayanihan Shipping Ltd of Singapore as Managers. She was renamed AZIM 1. 1985: Renamed ALFALAH after being sold to Amora Holdings Inc of Panama who used Hind Shipping Agencies of Bombay as Managers. 1985: Renamed ALSARAH. 1985: Again name change to ALBA 111 all under Panamanian Registry. 1985: She was arrested for alleged smuggling by the Bangladesh Navy in the outer anchorage of Chittagong. 1989: Released and sold to Mariners Bangladesh Ltd for demolition at Begum Dockyards, Sadarghat and was beached with demolition commencing in 1990. |
Shipowner |
H. C. S. Coasters Pty. Ltd, Melbourne |
Shipbuilder |
Hall Russell |
Dimensions |
length 290 9/12' x breadth 44 7/12' x depth 22 1/3' Gross Tonnage: 2681 ton |
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