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Coast Runner (IMO 6415116)

Goole 20 April 1989

Built in 1964 by Drypool SB & Eng. Co. Ltd. Hull (yard no. 11) as SPRINGFINCH for Springwell Shipping Co Ltd (Thomas E. Kettlewell & Son Ltd of Hull, managers). Chartered to R. Lapthorn & Co Ltd in 1968 and renamed HOOFINCH. Bought by the charterers in 1978. Sold to Medway Coasters Ltd of Rochester in 1984 and renamed COAST RUNNER in 1988.

Sold to P. Beatty of Galway in 1990. Broken up in 1993 after being damaged beyond economical repair by a fire and explosion on 13 March 1991 whilst laid up at Galway.

Scanned from an original monochrome print.

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Uploaded on August 30, 2025
Taken on April 20, 1989