SUGAR EXPORTER (IMO 5028411)

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SUGAR EXPORTER (IMO 5028411)

Postby Keelman » Sat Aug 05, 2023 2:37 pm

SUGAR EXPORTER .jpg
Sugar Exporter bow .jpg
Sug Exp Retainer .jpg
Sug Exp Ashbrooke  .jpg
Completed in 1960 as ATHELPRINCESS by the Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Dundee, for the Athel Line Ltd.
1966 registered to the Sugar Line Ltd., London, renamed SUGAR EXPORTER
1967 registered to the Albion Co.Ltd., London, name unchanged
1976 sold to Astro Pacifico Armadora SA, Andros, Greece, renamed ZEUS
1984 sold to Santa Grace Via Nav SLR, Honduras, name unchanged
Demolished at Dalian in 1985

These photo's are post her lengthening in 1965 (by Smiths Dock?) when her profile was altered by the addition of another hold and extra mast
The monochrome picture was taken as she arrived in the river on 29/06/1968, the colour pics were taken the following month as she was being manoeuvred off Smiths Dock. RETAINER and BORDER CHIEFTAIN receiving attention at Smiths
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