STOLT LION (7032923), Anglomar Chemicals Shipping Ltd., London, 16486gt, completed 7-1971 by Swan Hunter S.Bs. Ltd. Hebburn Shpyd, Hebburn. 1981 MERCATOR G (?), 1981 MERCATOR (Liberia), 1982 PAVAN DOOT (India), 1989 KYDON - BU China 1994 The initial rename to MERCATOR G, from my personal records, is not now confirmed by Miramar.
River Tyne - 28 August 1972:
Ron
Re: Stolt Lion
Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 12:14 pm
by JohnPS
I was 3rd Mate in this ship 1981-82 when managed by Souter Shipping, when we changed her name to "Mercator". Largely on a Petrobras charter on the Brazilian coast with petroleum products and AvGas. Did a trip back to the Med (Tripoli),drydock in Livorno then via Sardinia to Gran Canaria where I left her I've seen elsewhere the reference to "Mercator G"--she was never so-named, went straight from "Stolt Lion" to "Mercator." She was a wreck, leaked like a sieve, steam pumps in a deep pump room, and old fashioned compared to the other Stolt chemical tankers we operated (Stolts Sheaf,Crown and Castle)
Re: Stolt Lion
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2022 2:40 pm
by teesships
50 YEARS AGO TODAY!
New scan from original negative River Tyne - 28 August 1972: