OROTAVA

OROTAVA

Postby Tony Frost » Sat Mar 30, 2013 8:48 am

I have often wondered about the name of this ship since her owners Ore Carriers Ltd.(Houlder Bros.) prefix was ORE.......
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Engine trials
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Re: OROTAVA

Postby shipbroker » Sat Mar 30, 2013 8:51 am

She was on my books at BISC(Ore) for some time,in the 70's, when she wasn't being the Orotava Bridge in the Seabridge Consortium....useful ship, seem to remember about 54000DWT.........named to fit really....there is a tug or two in Spain with the same regional name..

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Re: OROTAVA

Postby fitter » Sat Apr 06, 2013 1:05 pm

Sea trials and Drydock ar Palmers. Builders photographs

Similar ships by the Doxford Group:
Fernriver, Fernspring, Sheaf Tyne, August Pacific, Amber Pacific, Argonaut. G.M. Livanos (J.L.Thompson)
Roslagen, Mylla,Sir James Laing)
All of these were Doxford 760J6, 13,300 BHP engines with the exception of Roslagen and it had a Gotaverken engine

Austin and Pickersgills built two similar ships about the same time, Happy Dragon and Sygna.

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OROTAVA 1.jpg
OROTAVA 2.jpg
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Re: OROTAVA

Postby magoonigal » Tue Apr 09, 2013 11:36 pm

Ore Carriers Limited
Doxford and Sunderland Yard number 842.
28,880 Gross. 51,538 Dwt.
Completed 1968.

69 Orotava Bridge.
74 Orotava.
79 Ripon Grange.
80 Leda.
82 Unity.
84 Latin.

Broken up Huangpy April 1986
Paul Hood. + WSS Tyneside Branch Hon Sec.
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