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PARSONS PROGRESS

PARSONS PROGRESS : IMO 5419531

 

Built 1963, Büsumer Schiffswerft W. & E. Sielaff, Büsum, Germany (YN 213) as DETLEF SCHMIDT

GRT: 499 / DWT: 870

Length Overall: 57.1 metres x Beam : 10.1 metres

Service Speed 10.0 knots

Machinery: Single Screw driven by Deutz, 6 cylinder Oil Engine RV6M545, 4 Stroke, Single Acting, In-Line (Vertical)

 

History

1963: DETLEF SCHMIDT (as built)

1978: DELLSTEDT

1983: Damaged by fire in engine room and accommodation 17 nm S Brighton, towed to Newhaven where she was declared a total loss, later sold by the admiralty court to J. Parsons Shipping Ltd.

1984: PARSONS PROGRESS

1989: COAST RANGER

1990: Engine Failure

1991: Scuttled 1 nm off Garrison Point/Sheerness

 

Seen leaving Portsmouth on 24 August 1984

 

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Taken on August 24, 1984