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CASTOR (1946 - 1961) Build
1944 at Furness S.B. Co. Ltd., Haverton Hill-on-Tees. #
Tonnage: 456 grt, 159 nrt.
Dim: 45,16 x 8,25 x 3,35 m.
Engine: Oil 2SA 6-cyl., British Auxiliaries Ltd., Glasgow.
Swedish Off.no: 8808.
IMO:
May 1944: Delivered to Ministry of War Transport, London, England as
CHANT 64.
1946: Sold to P/R Arne E. Pettersson, Skarhamn, Sweden and renamed
CASTOR.
1959: Transferred to Rederi AB Castor, Uddevalla, Sweden.
1961: Sold to S.P. Christensen, Vejle, Denmark and renamed HERMAN
RASK.
1966: Sold to H. E. Bergmann, Odense, Denmark and renamed BELLAN.
1972: Broken up in Odense, Denmark
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DAGÖ. (1950 - 1956) Byggd
1919 av Kalundborgs Skipsværft A/S, Kalundborg, Danmark. # ?
Dim: 26,53 x 6,94 x 2,69 m.
Tonnage: 158grt, 90 nrt, 230 dwt.
Engine: Crude Oil 120 bhp Frederikshavn Jernst & Maskin.
Swedish off.no: 6373.
IMO. 5083992.
1919: Delivered as a Aux 3m schooner to A/S Falken, Svendborg,
Denmark, as SIRIUS
5/5 1920: Sold to TGO, Stockholm, Sweden.
8/3 1922: Sold to AB Carlsson, Goteborg, Sweden.
1927: New engine fitted. (Crude Oil 2-cyl, 130 bhp J.V. Svenssons
Motorfabrik.
24/1 1928: Sold to H.F. Lonnquist, Borga, Finland.
21/1 1938: Sold to AB Kristensen Ltd, Stockholm, Sweden.
5/5 1938: Sold to Alfons Servin, Helsinki, Finland.
28/7 1938: Sold till AB Kristensen Ltd, Stockholm, Sweden.
17/8 1939: Transferred to AB Juni, Stockholm, Sweden.
8/1 1943: Company name changed to Rederi AB Turego, Stockholm, Sweden.
Jan. 1943: Sold to AB Bensintransport, Stockholm, Sweden.
1943. Arrived Lodose varv, Lodose to be lengthened and fitted with a new
engine. New dim: 33,13 x 6,91 x 3,04 m. 285 grt, 124 nrt, 280dwt.
Engine: C 2-cyl Lundby, 120 ihp.
26/6 1943: Re-delivered and renamed BT II.
15/2 1950: Sold to P/R Arne Elmer Pettersson, Skarhamn, Sweden. Renamed
DAGÖ.
April 1950: Transferred to Rederi AB Castor, Uddevalla, Sweden.
Dec 1952: New engine fitted (Oil 4-cyl, Alpha diesel, 240 bhp.
21/8 1956: Sold to P/R Knut Botvid Julin, Vrango, Sweden.
11/9 1963: Sold to Handelsbolaget Gullmar, Ferm & Co, Lysekil, Sweden.
Renamed BROTANK.
3/1 1966: Sold to A.D. Papadoupolos, Piraeus, Greece. Renamed CHANIA.
1969: Transferred to The Megalonissos Co Ltd Sea Transport & Marine
Exploitation, Piraeus, Greece.
1985: Sold to Karponidis Shipyard, Eleusis, Greece to be broken up.
8/5 1985: Works started.
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M/T SVANÖ (1953 - 1967)
Build 1947 at N. V. Scheeps. v.d. Werf,
Deest. # 220
Tonnage:
Dim:
Engine: Oil 4SA 6-cyl., 400 bhp build at N.V. Werkspoor, Amsterdam.
Swedish off.no:
IMO: 5346411.
Sept.1947: Delivered to AB Finland Sydamerika Linjen OY, Helsinki
Finland as T 2.
1953: Sold to Rederi AB Castor, Uddevalla, Sweden and renamed SVANÖ.
1956: Lengthed with 6,3 m. (New tonnage: 472 grt, 278 nrt, 691 dwt. Dim:
52,02 x 7,62 x 3,33 m)
1967: Sold to Captain Koutlakis, Piraeus, Greece and renamed AGIOS
DIMITRIOS.
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M/T THELL (1955 - 1967)
Build 1941 at N.V. De Groot & Van
Vliet N.V., Slikkerveer. #
Tonnage: 449 grt, 195 nrt, 610 dwt.
Dim: 54,07 x 7,90 x ? m.
Engine:
Oil 4SA 8-cyl. KHD AG, Köln, 400 bhp
Swedish off.no: 9608.
IMO: 5358232 Ordered by
A/S Rederiet Oddfjell, Bergen, Norway
26/5 1940: Contract transferred to Deutsche Kriegsmarine
1941: Delivered to Deutsche Kriegsmarine as JUNGFERSAND.
1945: Returned to Skibs A/S Oljetransport (A/S Rederiet Oddfjell),
Bergen, Norway and renamed HEGG.
1955: Sold to Rederi AB Alpen (A.E. Pettersson), Uddevalla, Sweden and
renamed THELL.
1957: New engine fitted. (Oil 2SA 4-cyl., 480 bhp, Alpha-Diesel A/S,
Frederikshavn.
1967: Sold to Rederi AB Brevik (Rolf Eliasson), Ockero, Sweden
1972: Sold to Willo
Issakainnin, Lappeenranta, Finland and renamed MIKI.
1974: Sold to Oy Lake
Saimaa Ltd., Kuopio,
Finland.
1975: Sold to Seppo Pirttilä, Helsinki,
Finland.
1976: Sold to Severus Oy, Helsinki, Finland.
1977: Sold to unknown owners in Liberia. Probably rebuild to a tank
lighter.
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THELL (Photo: K. Andersson)
THELL (Photo: B. Palm) |
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M/T NORD (1957 - 1960)
Build 1945 at I. Pimblott & Sons
Ltd, Northwich. # 662
Tonnage: 297 grt, 125 nrt.
Dim: 40,97 x 7,34 x 2,92 m.
Engine: Oil 2SA 6-cyl., British Auxiliaries Ltd., Glasgow.
Swedish off.no:
IMO: 5334494 Jan. 1945
Delivered to Ministry of War Transport, London, England as EMPIRE
TAPLEY.
1946: Sold to A/S Tankskibsrederiet (K.V.Tersling),
Denmark and renamed HAIFA.
1957: Sold to
Rederi AB Castor, Uddevalla
Sweden and renamed
NORD.
1957:
Rebuild (new
tonnage: 366grt,
167 nrt, 536 dwt, Dim: 50,11 x 7,34 x 2,92 m.
1960: Sold to S.P. Christensen, Vejle, Denmark and renamed SOREN RASK
1973: Sold to Argonaftis Argo
Maritime, Greece and renamed DORIFOROS.
1980: Sold to Cyprus Star Shipping Co, Cyprus and renamed CYPRUS STAR.
1981: Renamed NEWLUCK and registered in Panama for Cyprus Star
Shipping Co.
1984: Scrapped at Barry, Wales.
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M/T SVANFJORD (I) (1965 - 1971)
Build 1965 at Broderna Ekeroths
Metallkonstruktioner, Norrkoping, Sweden. #
Tonnage: 497 grt, 241 nrt, 918 dwt.
Dim: 60,78 x 9,55 x 4,03 m.
Engine: Oil 2SA 7-cyl., 900 bhp, Alpha-Diesel A/S, Frederikshavn.
Swedish off.no: 10561
IMO: 6416964
Jan. 1965: Delivered to Rederi AB
Castor, Uddevalla, Sweden as SVANFJORD.
1971: Sold to Tankerska Plovidba, Yugoslavia and renamed LENDAVA.
July 2001: Sold to Meerwali / Kalaf, Georgia and renamed AL HUSSIN I.
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M/T BELLONA (I) (1967 - 1973)
Build 1963 at Grotvaagen Verft,
Kyrksaeterora, Norway. # 27
Tonnage: 498 grt, 284 nrt, 929 dwt.
Dim: 62,02 x 9,47 x 4,03 m.
Engine: Oil 4SA 6-cyl., 800 bhp, Kloeckner-Humboldt-Deutz, Koeln.
Swedish off.no: 10397.
IMO: 6360696. 1963:
Delivered as THUNTANK 10 to H. Kallsson, Lidkoping, Sweden
19/12
1963:
THUNTANK
10, collided in Kielchannel, near Oldenbüttel with Polish steamer
BYTOM (8.530 dwt). THUNTANK 10 was heavely damaged in the stern, and was
taken in to Brunsbüttelkoog for repair. BYTOM developed a leak in her
forpeak and cargo hold.
1967: Sold to Rederi AB Alpen, Uddevalla, Sweden and renamed BELLONA.
1973: Sold to Torquato Vechiarelli, Rome, Italy and renamed VETOR.
1975: Transferred to Torquato Vechiarelli, Anzio, Italy and renamed
VETOR QUINTO.
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THUNTANK 10 (Photo: Horst Dein)
BELLONA (I) (Photo: K. Bång) |
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M/T LINDFJORD (I) (1961 - 1963)
Build 1946 at Sarpsborg M.V. A/S,
Sarpsborg, Norway. #
Tonnage: 471 grt, 174 nrt, 514 dwt.
Dim: 51,05 x 7,87 x 3,47 m.
Engine: Oil 4SA 6-cyl., MWM
Swedish off.no: 9512.
IMO: 5413123 Launched as BREMANGER.
1946: Delivered as VILDKAT to ?
1947: Sold to The Eastern Shipping Co. A/S, Oslo, Norway and renamed
KLOVERSUND.
1950: Sold to Skibs A/S Widan, Bergen, Norway and renamed WIDAN.
1951: Sold to A/S Tanis, Bergen, Norway and renamed TANIS.
1955: Sold to ? and renamed TANUS.
1959: Sold to Thunrederierna AB, Linkoping, Sweden and renamed
THUNTANK III.
1961: Sold to Rederi AB Castor, Uddevall, Sweden and renamed
LINDFJORD.
1963: Sold to Polish Government, Gdynia, Poland and renamed REGLE.
1979: Broken up in Gdansk, Poland.
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M/S WENIA (1962 - 1974)
Build 1958 at Lidingöverken K.B. AB,
Lidingö, Sweden. #27
Tonnage: 499 grt, 273 nrt, 965 dwt.
Dim: 60,57 x 10,03 x 3,81 m.
Engine: Oil 4SA 6-cyl., 755 bhp., Kloeckner-Humboldt-Deutz.
Swedish off.no: 10296.
IMO: 5387594 Oct. 1958:
Delivered to Skibs A/S Randi, Oslo, Norway as TUSKEN.
1962: Sold to Rederi AB Alpen, Uddevalla, Sweden and renamed WENIA.
1974: Sold to Compania de Navegacion Ashanti S.A., Panama and renamed
COMET.
1974: Renamed COMET 1.
1984: Sold to K. P. Bousses, S.A. Pappas & I.D. Tsimounis, Piraeus,
Greece and renamed DIMITRIOS L.
1986: Renamed GEORGIA I.
1988: Sold to Vigia Shipping Co., Piraeus, Greece and renamed
EVANGELIA D.
1996: Sold to Arkadi Shipping Co., Piraeus, Greece and renamed AGIOS
MINAS.
1997: Sold to Zenith Shipping & Trading S.A., Belize and renamed
HURRICANE.
2000: Transferred to Zenith Shipping & Trading S.A., Bolivia and renamed
KLEIVI.
Nov.2002: Sold to I. Hasanaj, Albania.
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WENIA (Photo: Terje Fredh) |
M/T SVANFJORD (II) (1971 - 1980)
Build 1963 as Lodose Varf,
Lodose, Sweden. # 138
Launched: 20/12 1962
Tonnage: 1.583 grt, 923 nrt, 2.150 dwt
Dim:
75,69 x 11.55 x 5,20.
Engine: Oil 4SA 8-cyl., 1.500 bhp., MWM.
Swedish off.no: 10384.
IMO: 5360572
5/4 1963: Delivered as
THULE to P/R Lars Georg Johansson (OT-Rederierna), Skarhamn,
Sweden.
3/6 1966: Heavely damaged in ice at Baltic Sea, but repaired.
10/6 1971: Sold to
Rederi AB
Castor, Uddevalla. Sweden and renamed SVANFJORD
1976: Rebuild and deepened at Nissanvarvet Halmstad, Sweden. (New
tonnage: 1.599 grt, 905 nrt, 2.184 dwt, Dim: 75,70 x 11,56, 6,10 m).
1980: Sold to Sten Goran Haggerud, Kalmar, Sweden and renamed
SUNDEX.
1988: Sold to Rroduct Carrier Ltd., Cayman Islands and renamed
SUNDEXE.
Dec. 1995: Sold to Matala Maritime S.A., St. Vincent and renamed
ANITA.
1997: Sold to Dolphin Marine Charterers, St. Vincent.
27/2 2001: Laid up in Immingham, England with a damaged engine.
2001: Sold to unknown owners, Nigeria and renamed ZANITA.
Nov. 2001: Departured Immingham for Ghana in tow of tug TEMPEST.
2005: Sold to Unknown owners, Nigeria and renamed MERCURY.
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M/T BELLONA (II) (1974 - 1974)
Build 1965 at Lodose Varf,
Lodose, Sweden. # 143
Launched: 2/2 1965.
Tonnage: 2.307 grt, 1.323 nrt, 3.187 dwt
Dim:
86,78/80,0 x 12,5 x 6,1 m.
Engine:
Oil 4SA 8-cyl., 2200
bhp, Motorenw. Mannheim
Swedish off.no: 10610.
IMO: 650662828/6
1965: Delivered as LUNA to
p/r Lars Georg Johansson, (OT-Rederierna),
Skarhamn, Sweden
1974: Sold
to P/R Arne Mengwall, Uddevalla, and renamed
BELLONA.
9/7 1974: Sold to Ludvig Svensson & Co Skeppsmäkleri AB,
skeppsmäklare K A Sjögren and kamrer O Kjellander, Sweden.
1/8 1974: Sold to Clondusc Partnership, Dublin. Irish Republic
Dec. 1974: Renamed RATHOWEN.
1980: Sold
to Dublin Shipping Ltd, Dublin, Irish Republic.
25/9 1981: Arrived Malta in tow of tug ”Salvamar”. Water in engine
room.
4/1 1982 Deprtured to Tarragona.
31/3 1982: Laid up in Barry.
18/9 1983: Departured Barry renamed BALTIC PROSPERITY, owned
by Lavinia Corp, Panama.
18/12 1996:
Fire broke out whilst at anchor in Berkeley Sound, Falkland Island,
and the accommadation was gutted. She was carrying marine gas oil
for distribution to fishing vessels in the Falkland area. Crew
saved.
The cargo was transffered to a russin tanker and BALTIC
PROSPERITY was towed to Montevideo wich she arrived 2/1 1997 for
inspection.
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LUNA (Photo: D. MacFie) |
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M/T BELLONA (III) (1975 - 1978)
Build 1966 at Lodose Varf, Lodose, Sweden. # 145
Tonnage: 2.269 grt, 1.282 nrt, 3.184 dwt.
Dim: 87,79 x 12,53 x 6,10 m.
Engine: Oil 4SA 8-cyl., 2.200 bhp, MWM
Swedish off.no: 10686.
IMO: 6603165.
1966: Delivered as LISA to
O. T. Rederierna, Skarhamn, Sweden
8/4 1968: Went aground off Fredrikstad when inward bound from Antwerp
and although refloated next day, had sustained heavy bottom damage.
1975: Sold to A.E. Mengwall, Uddevalla Sweden and renamed
BELLONA.
1978: Sold to Corinthian Maritime Inc., Piraeus, Greece and renamed
SIDON.
1988: Sold to Florinta Maritime Co., Piraeus, Greece and renamed
ARKADIA.
1994: Sold to Abdul Salam Obaid Doei, St. Vincent and renamed AL
FALAH.
1995: Renamed LISA.
1999: Sold to Texas Offshore Service, Honduras and renamed RANIA.
2000: Sold to Alshekargy R.M.R., Georgia and renamed SAFEER I.
2002: Sold to Al Modather General Trading, Tonga.
2004: Sold to Ghorban Asgari Jafarabadi, Panama and renamed SEA GULF.
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M/T BELLONA (IV) 1978 - ?)
Build 1965 at Oskarshamns Varv,
Oskarshamn. # 388
Tonnage:
Dim:
Engine: Oil 4SA 6-cyl., 2.400 bhp, MaK.
Swedish off.no:
IMO: 6514376. 1965:
Delivered as STELLA ATLANTIC to ?, Sweden.
1978: Sold to Rederi AB Castor, Uddevalla, Sweden and renamed BELLONA.
1997: Widened in Poland (New Tonnage: 2.366 grt, 1.173 nrt, 3.794 dwt,
Dim: 87,50 x 12,43 x 6,02 m).
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BELLONA (IV) (After widening 1997) |
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M/T LINDFJORD (II) (1980 - 1997)
Build 1971 at C. Lühring, Brake,
Germany. # 7101
Tonnage: 1562 grt, 987 nrt, 3100 dwt.
Dim: 86,72 x 12,53 x 6,35 m.
Engine: Oil 4SA 8-Cyl., 1.800 bhp, Atlas-MaK Masch. Kiel.
Swedish off.no: 12697
IMO: 7113375 1971:
Delivered as STÖR to m.s. Stör See-tank Schiff.ges m.b.H & Co
(Carl Büttner), Bremen, W. Germany.
1980: Sold to P/R A.E. Mengwall, Uddevalla, Sweden and renamed
LINDFJORD.
30/9 1997: Sold to Petronavia Shipping Co., Piraeus, Greece and renamed
VASSILIKI.
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