ABERDEEN BUILT SHIPS


Name
 ALBATROSS
Construction
 STEEL
Type
 CARGO
Date
 1965
Official Number
 6516465
Description
 Yard Number: 348
Official Number: 307925

Motor Cargo Vessel

Engine number 418. 2 stroke 7 cylinder, British Polar Engine, Glasgow
Date of Build/Launch: October 1965
Rivetted and welded construction, 1 deck, 2 cargo holds

Subsequent Names: LADY JEAN (1976); CLEMENTINE (1981); ABAD (1991), ELONA (1992), ORESTIS (1993); ENA (1996) , ALATRO (1998), MICHEL I (1998); DISTA (1998) (Ref. Ship Spotting.com)

ALBATROSS had some nine changes of name, the last being the "DISTA" registered at San Lorenzo, Honduras (IMO No. 6516465).

Average speed on trial 13.36 knots.

Lloyd's Register of Shipping:
1975-76: Owners General Steam Navigation (Trading) Ltd; Managers P. and O. Short Sea Shipping Ltd; Port of Registry London; General Cargo; Engines by British Polar, Glasgow.
1977-78: Now LADY JEAN; Owners Downlands Shipping Inc.; Port of Registry Panama.
1982-83: Owners Dowlands Shipping Inc.; Managers Thomas Watson (Shipping) Inc.; Port of Registry Panama.
1987-88: Now CLEMENTINE; Owners Naviere Winston S.A.; Port of Registry Panama; Repairs required - Class Suspended 15/08/1986.
1991-92, 1992-93: L.R. Class Withdrawn 13/06/1990.

1998: Found in Lloyds' Register, owners not notied, but registered as in San Lorenzo, Honduras
2010: Owned by Argomar Shipping Co. Ltd, named DISTA registered at San Lorenzo Honduras
Shipbuilder
 John Lewis & Sons
Shipowner
 General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.
Dimensions
 length 190 3/6' x breadth 36 1/12' x depth 21 7/12'
Gross Tonnage: 654ton

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