by tidesman » Thu Apr 12, 2018 3:52 pm
QUICKTHORN (3) (1973 – 1978)
O.N. 334614. 1,598g. 869n. 2,442d. 280' 0" x 42' 5" x 16' 1".
6-cyl. 2 S.C.S.A. (500 x 700mm) Polar M66T type by British Polar Engines Ltd., Glasgow. 2,400bhp. 13 kts.
18.11.1966: Keel laid by Ailsa Shipbuilding Company Ltd., Troon (Yard No. 524) for the General Steam Navigation Company Ltd., London as TANMERACK.
9.5.1967: Launched for Charter Shipping Company Ltd., London.
1.9.1967: Completed.
1.10.1971: P and O Short Sea Shipping Ltd., appointed as managers.
3.1.1973: Sold to S. William Coe and Company Ltd., Liverpool, and renamed QUICKTHORN.
1978: Sold to Coe, Metcalf Shipping Ltd. (S. William Coe and Company Ltd., managers) Liverpool.
1984: Company ownership passed from the Booker Group to James Fisher and Sons Ltd., Barrow in Furness.
1990: Sold to Altona Maritime Ltd., (Alfa Shipping Company S. de R.L., managers), Malta, and renamed AMANECIDA.
1991: Sold to Tristar Maritime Company S.A., (Threemar Maritime Corp. S.A., managers), Honduras, and renamed SIBA.
1996: Sold to Bitar Jafouri and Co., (Bitar Trading and Transports (BTT), managers), Syria.
1998: Renamed NAHLA.
14.7.2002: Arrived at Aliaga for demolition by Huzur Gemi Sokum.