VANCOUVER FOREST

VANCOUVER FOREST - IMO : 6907092

Built 1969, by Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Ltd, Clydebank, Glasgow (Yard # 741) as VANCOUVER FOREST

GRT : 17660 / DWT : 26481

Overall Length : 175.3 metres x Beam 26.7 metres.

Machinery : 1 Screw driven by a SULZER : 2-stroke single acting 7-cylinder oil engine manufactured by Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd., Glasgow

Speed : 15.5 knots

 

History POR = Port of Registry

1969: VANCOUVER FOREST : Charles Connell & Co Ltd : POR Glasgow

1974: VANCOUVER FOREST : Trader Navigation Co Ltd : POR Glasgow

•19??: Built as a bulk carrier was converted to container ship. Fixed guides. Strengthened for heavy cargoes(believe this happened in 1977)

1981: SHARK BAY : Turtle Bay Shipping Pte Ltd : POR Singapore

1984: BEAUFORT ISLAND : Hong Kong Admiral Shipping Co SA : POR Panama

1987: Broken up at Kaohsiung by Tung Tai Steel & Iron Co arriving on 08/01/1987,work beginning 19/01/1987.

 

VANCOUVER FOREST photographed 21 July 1980 on River Thames , passing Gravesend

 

Ship Details : Miramar / www.clydeships.co.uk

 

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